Re: [APML] Meade Schmidts

[KGKIRKLEY@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/4/02 11:46:05 PM, jmirtle@shaw.ca writes:

>With all this talk of Schmidting, something buried deep in the back of
>my
>
>mind popped up. Does anyone remember the old Meade 4" f2.5 Schmidt camera
>
>from the 80's? I remember the Meade posters at the local scope dealer
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>showing a big picture of M31, on hypered tech pan for about 90 minutes.
>Did
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>Meade actually produce any, or did they suffer the same fate as the first
>
>16" SCT they "produced"? I haven't ever seen one, touched one or seen any
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>images on the web taken with one and was wondering if anyone is familiar
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>with them. I got the 5.5", 8" - just need a 4" to complete the set.:-)
>
>
>
>John Mirtle
>
>Calgary Ab. Canada

John:
They did make them, but I haven't seen one either.

Then there were the JSO Schmidt's. JSO was a Japanese company that made many 
different scopes, including several Schmidt cameras. The JSO Schmidt's had an 
ingenious built in shutter, which covered the mirror and flopped/folded 
against the tube wall to uncover the mirror. I haven't seen one of those 
either.

Kent Kirkley

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