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Old 17-06-2012, 04:21 PM
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Anyone remember those 8 inch f1.5 Schmidt cameras? They were somewhat of the rage back in the 1980's when film was slow and painful. They had a curved focal plane, so a matching curved film strip holder was used to image with. Not for visual work, they were purely photographic.

If someone was to bring out a matching curved CCD array they may be resurrected lol.
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