compared BYN and BYE

Ian W and I sat down in the GBO Warm Room, which was nice and cool, to do a side-by-side comparison of Backyard Nikon and EOS. We connected our DSLRs.

feature	Nikon	Canon	notes
general
camera during test	D7100	40D
software version tested	1.0.0	3.0.3	Yet to update my version.
main screen
dithering button name	Dither	PHD	Simply a renamed feature?
battery level	percent	bars	Constrained by the camera?
sensor temperature	no	yes
frame and focus
lens focus control	no	yes	BYN has ASCOM Focuser.
live view 5x zoom	no	yes
planetary
white balance	no	yes	Nikon has auto.
white balance temp	no	yes
Save To	yes	no
settings
live view maximum	sensitivity	aperture
save planetary jpg	no	yes

Overall, very similar. And, to me, that was impressive and good. Along the way, I helped Ian configure his BYN Weather Center for Collingwood.

I will craft a more formal report soon...

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Forgot to take screen snaps at the time.

Ian sent over a shot from the BYN main screen.

I grabbed the BYE main interface.