Re: ATM Aero Xenon Lens

["Rory Blake" <rory123@bellsouth.net>]

Frank:
Thanks for the tip. However, the yellow filters that Surplus Shed has
are not big enough to fit this lens.
It's HUGE....over 7 inches across at the front lens element a foot
tall and way over 9" at the lens shade.  Its no wonder that I'm
excited about using it for astrophotography work.

BTW: I bought the shutter that Kurt Sidor mentioned in his post.  Now
I have a shutter, lens and CCD.
But I need some good advice...I don't want to screw this up.

Rory Blake
Charlotte, NC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Ward" <thewards@mindspring.com>
To: "Rory Blake" <rory123@bellsouth.net>
Cc: <ATM@Shore.net>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 11:51 PM
Subject: Re: ATM Aero Xenon Lens



Rory, "I've enjoyed "the science" of the ATM for quite some time. But,
just
never got around to doing any work on my own"

For a guy that hasn't done much......you are about to make up
for it! Got any other "goodies" laying around?

P.S. Put the lens at one end and the CCD at the other and build
a mount for both. You'll have a blast., Surplus Shed has a yellow
filter to fit that beast to improve night work!

>
> I've enjoyed "the science" of the ATM for quite some time. But, just
> never got around to doing any work on my own.    However, I just got
> ahold of a mint condition 1930's Schneider Aero-Xenon 1:2.5 f=35cm
> lens.  The thing is huge, over 60 lbs.
> I remember seeing a posting (somewhere) of using an Aero-Ektar lens
in
> Astrophotography.  I also happen to have a 3.3 meg CCD camera laying
> around.  Any advice from the group on combining the two? Any leads?
> Thanks.
> Rory Blake
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