Greetings,
I already feel I may regret selling this but here goes…
The finest wide-field film instrument that can be bought, and they are
not made anymore!
Prior to listing this on AstroMart, I wanted to
give you APML guys a crack.
I am selling my 8" Celestron Schmidt camera
that is in excellent focus. The system contains;
- OTA tube has had a gas port added for N2 purge
- 2 no-filter film holders
- 2 filter holders and written filter clip (one
filter clip is damaged, but works fine)
- Parallax rings
- Heavy duty 24" long Losmandy plate, custom
made for strength
- Kendrick dew tape for front corrector
- Home made cloth shutters (2)
- Home made film cassette holders (4 finished, 4
experimental, 2 not completed.
- Home made tools for winding film and other
things.
- Original instruction manual and trunk
- Cases for film holders and other gear
- Original C8 drive base and fork arms
- Best film I have found is E200 and Fuji HQ100. I will include
some HQ100 in the deal.
Best I can discern, I bought it un-wrapped it
someone who had purchased it in mid 70s. However that is very difficult to
verify as the serial #s from Celestron mean nothing.
There has been no other mods done to the OTA, it
is in excellent shape, a few paint nicks here and there but optically
fantastic.
I have posted an image of the area between the
Rosette and the Cone taken in late November at New Mexico Skies that was not
useable for images (scratched film) the image is a single frame 10’
exposure on Fuji HQ100 (no stacks) only minor color correction, with the edge
detail blown up at each corner (scratches on film in a Schmidt camera are do to
poor handling on my part). In addition I added a central image blow up.
Original scans at 4000 dpi scaled to 600 dpi for web site. A few other picts
under Photos using the Schmitt camera that were not scratched J are also there.
See my site and look under the PHOTOS section.
http://kasism.home.comcast.net
I want about $3000 and we can discuss shipping.
If you are interested I can send picts of the OTA and gear. Not really
interested in shipping internationally, sorry but the risk for in-transit
damage is too high.
Sale is not critical (I know this a bad time of year for selling too)
as I love the images but I am spending more time in city so less dark sky available
and I am more focused on shooting film with my TEC140 for now.
I am moving more toward the Dark Side if you are going the other way I
would consider a trade for a ST2000XM with the 237 guiding chip lets talk.
Will leave this for a few days prior to AM
listing.
Regards,
Keith
kasism@comcast.net