Re: [APML]: Camera Recommendations

["Mike Regish" <mregish@map.com>]

Seems to me somebody out there who is doing astrophotography and has access
to a Bridgeport would be designing and building a simple, lightweight film
holder with a simple open/close shutter mechanism and a simple film advance.
I haven't seen the Taurus system firsthand, but it seems like that is just
what that is. Does the Taurus camera work with anything but the Taurus
guider?

I'd like to see a dedicated 35mm astrocamera. Anybody got a Bridgeport I
could borrow?

Mike Regish
http://members.tripod.com/~mike534
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Sterngold <psterngold@yahoo.com>
To: astro-photo@nightsky.com <astro-photo@nightsky.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 28, 1998 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: [APML]: Camera Recommendations


>
>Donald Clement wrote:
>
>> Anybody price an F2 lately? I thought that I might buy an F2 for asto
>> work, but it might be less expensive to buy a 2K x 2k thinned CCD and
>> support equipment. :>)
>
>I have been researching for about two months and have concluded that a
>good price for an F2 body in good to excellent condition is $200 -
>$250.  That doesn't seem outrageous to me.  Also, I get the impression
>that they are becoming popular.  They might become scarce, and prices
>might escalate rapidly.
>
>-- Paul
>==
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