Live view and picture size

[RobD2FL]

Hello. Im new to all of this. Not sure if I am asking the right way but how do you "zoom out" on live view and thumb nails?
ZWO 290MC is only showing about half of the sky with a 150 degree fisheye lens.
Everyone else has a circular picture.
Ive tried changes in EDITOR but that did not do anything other than make things fuzzy.

My view.

Others

[EricClaeys]

@RobD2FL, this is dependent on your lens and camera chip size, not the software.
All lenses produce circular images, but that image may or may not fit on the chip.
Let's say your lens produces an image with 20 mm diameter and your chip is 30 mm wide x 20 mm tall. The image will fit on the chip so you'll see a full circle.
If you have a second lens with a 40 mm circle, then it will fully cover the chip with a lot of the circle falling outside of the chip, and you'll see what appears to be a normal image, not a circular one.
If you buy a new camera that has a "full frame" sensor of 36 x 24 mm and put the second lens on it (40 mm circle), you'll see something like you have - slightly circular on the corners.

Check out my two cameras:

• ASI178MC, 1.5mm lens - bigger chip
• ASI290, 2,5mm lens - small chip

[RobD2FL]

Hey thanks! I just got the camera out of a storage box and used the "all sky" lens it came with. Anyway, I got an ASI178MC. It is way better. If you know of other lenses to try let me know. Im not interested in a high end camera on my roof. Especially on the Fl west coast!

[EricClaeys]

@RobD2FL, the Facebook Allsky group would be a good place to ask about other lenses. That's where I got info for one of my lenses (not the one that came with the ZWO).