[ATM] Scmidt Camera (Celestron) Question

["dezrteagle" <dezrteagle@cox.net>]

Pleasant pickle here. Had a brother win a storage auction recently, and knowing my interests, e-mailed me a pic and some info of a part of it's contents. Turns out to be an old Celestron 5.5" Schmidt. The corrector is cracked, the primary chipped and the tube is in bad shape, but there appears to be 3 intact film holders. I am currently constructing my own 200mm camera (thanks for the tips!), and would like to use these, unfortunately my bros' job took him out of the country for the next 3 months, so I won't see them for some time. I should be finished by then. I have never owned one of these Celestron instruments and can't gather enough info on the web to ascertain whether I can incorporate these in my camera (without having to modify and re-focus the instrument down the road). I'm machining my own film holders and will be using magnetic retention to hold them in place. Anybody out there that can supply me with mechanical dimension details (maybe a pic or two) of the celestron film holders? Just trying to avoid additional work in the not too distant future. Thanx!

P.S.-is it my imagination, or are the Celestron correctors the same size as the primary? Any vignetting comments?

dezrteagle@cox.net
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