MaxIm LE
CCD Imaging Software

MaxIm LE CCD camera control software is included with all QSI 500 Series cameras. MaxIm LE is based on the award winning MaxIm DL version 4.5 from Diffraction Limited providing the fastest and easiest way to image the night sky. MaxIm LE includes all the tools you need to produce stunning night sky images.

QSI customers can upgrade to MaxIm DL/CCD at the time of purchase for only $299.00.

Supports all QSI Series 500 cameras
Supports most popular guider cameras
Image processing tools
Focusing tools

Feature Comparison Summary for
MaxIm LE and MaxIm DL/CCD

Feature	MaxIm DL/CCD	MaxIm LE
Camera Control	●	●
Cooled CCD Control	●	●
Webcam Capture	●
AVI Movie Capture	●
Default File Format	FITS	FITS
Filter Wheel Control	●	●
Adaptive Optics Control	●
Autoguiding	●	●
Graphical Track Log	●
Offset Tracking	●	●
ASCOM Output	●	●
Sequencing	●	●
Dither	●
Astrometric Resync	●
Capture Mosaic	●
Select Filters	●	●
Focusing Tools	●	●

Telescope Control	●
Auto Center	●
Auto FITS Position	●

Focuser Control	●	●
Autofocus	●

Scripting	●
Starry Night Integration	●
Plug-Ins	●

Image Analysis
PinPoint LE Astrometry	●
Photometry	●
Information Window	●	●
Aperture Mode	●	●
Area Mode	●
Astrometric Mode	●

Supported File Formats
FITS	●	●
TIFF, JPEG, PNG, BMP	●	●
Raw binary	●	●
SBIG, PC-Lynxx	●

Supported Guider Cameras
QSI 500 Series	●	●
SBIG universal	●	●
Meade DSI	●	●
Orion StarShoot Deep Space	●	●
Video DirectShow	●	●
Lumenera	●	●

Feature	MaxIm DL/CCD	MaxIm LE
Image Processing
Memory Manager	●	●
Image Alignment	●	●
Auto Star Alignment	●	●
Astrometric Align	●
Planetary Alignment	●
Correlation Alignment	●
Manual Alignment	●	●
Overlay Alignment	●	●
Image Stacking	●	●
Average / Sum / Median	●	avg/med
Sigma Clip / SD Mask	●
AVI Processing	●
Edit Pixels	●
Clone Tool	●
Annotate	●
Mosaic	●
Pan and Zoom	●	●
Screen Stretch	●	●
Zoom Window	●	●
Header View/Edit	●	●
Command Sequence	●
Night Vision Mode	●	●
Blink/Animate	●
Image Calibration Groups	●	avg/med
Remove Bad Pixels	●
Resize	●	●
Optimized Double Size	●
Software Bin	●
Add Noise	●
Remove Bloom	●
Stretch	●
Histogram Specification	●
Curves	●
Threshold	●
Pixel Math	●	●
Kernel Filters	●	●
FFT Filters	●
Unsharp Mask	●
Digital Development	●
Rank Filter	●
Local Adaptive Filter	●
Rotational Gradient	●
Deconvolution	●
Flatten Background	●
Range-Restricted Filters™	●
Combine Color	●	●
Color Stack	●
Split Tricolor	●	●
Convert to Mono	●	●
Pseudo Color	●
Realign Planes	●	●
Color Balance	●	●
White Balance	●
Adjust Saturation	●
Color Smoothing	●
Color Adjust	●
Convert CMY	●
Convert RGB	●	●

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MaxIm LE CCD Imaging Software

MaxIm LE
CCD Imaging Software