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Subject: [M]: Re: Pictor 416 + Pictor 201
From: Knud Strandbaek
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Mon Jul 28 00:06:01 1997

Dear Astro-friend!

At our observatory we got 2 CCD-cameras from Meade:

Meade Pictor 416:
This model has given us a great deal of troubles with the shutter. We
have opened the camera and have found that the 2 blades of the shutter is
made of the same material as used for printed circuit boards. This
material seems not to be steady - in our case the blades have been bent
and the shutter will not work!
Have any of you got the same problem?
Do anybody know if the shutter-blades is been made of metal in the new
model Pictor 416XT?

Meade Pictor 201
This is the older model. Do you think it is a good idea to get it
opgraded to the new model 201XT in order to "see" fainter stars for
autoguiding? Or do you find it without meaning?
Have anybody got experience with using Pictor 201 in connetion with
stepping motors (we have made a parallactic mount ourselves)? Is it necessary to use the
Meade #520 Electronic Relay?

Does anybody have the e-mail address of
1. Donald Parker, Florida and
2. Jack Newton
as they both have tested Pictor cameras?

Tank you for helping us!

Clear Skies!!!

Knud Strandbaek