Re: [APML] Meade Schmidt; was: High Res M31

[Jason Ware <jasonw@galaxyphoto.com>]

Yes, the door is on the visible side in the picture on my equipment
page. Its right by the watch on my arm. 

http://www.galaxyphoto.com/equip.html

The film holder is front referencing and uses 120 film, 6x7
format.

Bert Katzung wrote:
> 
> Hi Jason:
> Where is the film loading door for the Meade Schmidt camera? Is it visible
> in the shots of it in your observatory? And what size & shape of film do you
> use? What kind of film holder does it use to shape it to the focal plane?
> Thanks,
> Bert
> 
> Bert Katzung
> katzung1@attbi.com
> www.astronomy-images.com
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Ware" <jasonw@galaxyphoto.com>
> To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 9:38 PM
> Subject: [APML] High Res M31
> 
> >
> > Forgot to mention I have a higher res version of M31 on my
> > site with no link from the HTML pages. This was done with
> > the 12/16" Schmidt Camera...
> >
> > 4 x 10 minutes on Tech Pan (L channel)
> > 2 x 15 minutes on Fuji 100.
> >
> > Fast scopes are great. This was done at half the focal
> > length of my 6" refractor, however it has about half
> > the grain. This is because at f2.2 I can shot 4 Tech
> > Pan shots stack them in half the time it takes to do one
> > shot at f9. I have always traded f ratio for longer
> > focal length to give a larger image scale. With the LAB
> > layering technique I am re thinking that.
> >
> >
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