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Subject: [OM] Re: film for astrophotography - off list
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:07:32 -0400
Cc: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
It just occurred to me that I may only have to loan it to you long 
enough for you to discover how hard astro is and give it up too.  Of 
course, I didn't have the convenience of a university observatory with 
scope always set up and correctly aligned on the pole.

Chuck Norcutt wrote:

> Hi, Charles.
> I have no desire to sell my 1-8 screen but if you can't find one quickly 
> I'll let you borrow it for some reasonable period until you do.  There's 
> one for sale on the bay right now.  Going rate seems to be $50-60 based 
> on the last two sales.  I don't think I'd sell mine that low.  I haven't 
> used it in a long time but I don't want to part with it. I still have my 
> Celestron C-8 but gave up astro photos many, many years ago.   For a 
> long period of time I had a telescopic view of the world and the only 
> lens I used was the 200/4.  I used the 1-8 all the time then.
> 
> 
> Cheers and good luck,
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> Charles Sdunek wrote:
> 
>> Hello all.
>> With the availability of the observatory at my university, I've 
>> decided to try my hand at astrophotography.  I understand that the old 
>> tech pan film was some of the most desireable, but with it having been 
>> discontinued, what are some other good choices for both monochrome and 
>> color?  Something without major reciprocity failure in long exposures. 
>> . .
>>
>> Also, if anyone has a 1-8 focusing screen available for sale, please 
>> contact me off list.
>>
>> Charles
>>
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