camera adapter for Tektronix scope
camera adapter for Tektronix scope
(OP)
I was looking around for a camera adapter for my 484 analog storage scope.
One can find oodles of Tek brand Polaroid camera/film adapters for Tektronix scopes on eBay.
Does anyone know if there were commercial adapters for 35mm or other cameras?
Dan
One can find oodles of Tek brand Polaroid camera/film adapters for Tektronix scopes on eBay.
Does anyone know if there were commercial adapters for 35mm or other cameras?
Dan





RE: camera adapter for Tektronix scope
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: camera adapter for Tektronix scope
I would agree with Keith, just make sure to get a camera with macro capability, so the scope trace is in focus.
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RE: camera adapter for Tektronix scope
I have memories of having seen a motorized (film advance) 35mm SLR camera mounted on a storage scope, but it was likely scientific lab related, electrophysiology or perhaps electrochemical research, not typical electronic test & measurement.
Even so, it might have cobbled together from whatever.
Thanks for input.
Dan
RE: camera adapter for Tektronix scope
These days everyone plugs in their USB cables...
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: camera adapter for Tektronix scope
>I have a friend(crazy) who bought an old Tek mainframe with various vertical plug-ins to study cold fusion.
Was he crazy because he bought old Tek stuff or because he studied cold fusion?
Yes, I'm keeping an eye on eBay and will buy a camera adapter for the hood part and see what I can adapt for getting snapshots.
Dan
RE: camera adapter for Tektronix scope
Indeterminate... He was crazy because he bought it to study Cold Fusion but has in fact never wasted a minute on actually doing it so... is that because he's not crazy? Or is he still crazy for dropping hundreds of $$ on a Tek main frame he's only turned on about 4 times..
You got me..
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: camera adapter for Tektronix scope
True. You get USB "scopes" for like USD 20 and up. They usually perform better than most old TEK scopes and have a far better storage. You get all information directly in your PC and most have quite good analysis SW like FFT.
I do keep some old TEK and other equipment. But that is only for the joy of it - work is done with newer and better equipment.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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