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Your pixel resolution in side-display mode may not support such fine detail on a shadow, which is nothing more than a software-generated light rendering product. However your down display mode can support such finer resolution. When I look at the photo you posted, I can see the faint traces of the thickest sections of the shadow you are referring to. Data is data and its all collected one time. You can process it a thousand ways but you're not going to change the captured data.
Its not an inverted SI pic. I already posted how they do it. Have good T-giving!
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The problem with these units and deep water is motional stability due to sea surface conditions. Real sidescans are towfishes and not transom-fixed transducers for this very reason: they are less susceptible to motionally induced errors in image processing due to being submerged under general wave action, and they also have increased range and power by running at deeper depths, removing loss from the majority of the water column.
Until someone is smart enough to focus on software processing to decouple motional errors from the image product, fluff like the "down imaging" will be the best you can expect as far as improvements go.
The challenge for these companies to technically compete with the real sidescan providers will be: 1) implementing motional error correction and image stabilization processing, and 2) increasing range and resolution for deep water performance. As far as cost competition, they've already won IMO. The bang for the buck of what either Lowrance or Humminbird offers is really impressive.
Agreed inlet...on the SI site and some other, there are posts on how to mount the HB SI ducer to a towfish.
This image should clear up the "myth" about the dead spot. To get similar images on both sides you have to have full coverage. This is the same tree above just driven directly over the top.
This image was captured by TMike thanks for allowing me to share.
This image should clear up the "myth" about the dead spot. To get similar images on both sides you have to have full coverage. This is the same tree above just driven directly over the top.
This image was captured by TMike thanks for allowing me to share.
Great to see you over here Doug. I dont think that pic came through!!
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I upgraded my unit last week. I can't wait to get on the water to take some readings of my own.
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