farlymac
PF McFarland
Tektronix has been in business for over sixty years, and this is one of their early products, based on the roll film chamber from a Polaroid Model 150.

Tektronix C30A Oscilloscope Camera by P F McFarland, on Flickr
For 12 more photos, go to https://flic.kr/s/aHsm55UJkq
And if you are interested in seeing what Tektronix makes these days here is a link to their site https://www.tek.com/
PF

Tektronix C30A Oscilloscope Camera by P F McFarland, on Flickr
For 12 more photos, go to https://flic.kr/s/aHsm55UJkq
And if you are interested in seeing what Tektronix makes these days here is a link to their site https://www.tek.com/
PF
PKR
Veteran
I currently have a TDS220 with a FFT module and some old 400Mhz probes. Great little (and it's little) scope. But I miss the big Analog CRT models. Owned a bunch over the years. They were much faster for many applications. Also had a Tek SA, but sold it sometime back.
When sending screen images to friends, I just do it with whichever digital camera is close to me.
I saw those cameras in surplus catalogs for years, you couldn't give them away.
I'm pretty sure that camera would have fit my old 465
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektr...es#/media/File:Tektronix_465_Oscilloscope.jpg.
"There is something to be said about looking at a signal directly on an analog scope. What you see is what is really there. In a digital scope, the signal is sampled, stored, processed, and then reconstructed on an LCD screen for viewing. What you see is a highly modified version of the actual input. So just how close is the actual signal to what you are seeing?"
http://www.electronicdesign.com/communications/does-anyone-still-use-analog-oscilloscope
When sending screen images to friends, I just do it with whichever digital camera is close to me.
I saw those cameras in surplus catalogs for years, you couldn't give them away.
I'm pretty sure that camera would have fit my old 465
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektr...es#/media/File:Tektronix_465_Oscilloscope.jpg.
"There is something to be said about looking at a signal directly on an analog scope. What you see is what is really there. In a digital scope, the signal is sampled, stored, processed, and then reconstructed on an LCD screen for viewing. What you see is a highly modified version of the actual input. So just how close is the actual signal to what you are seeing?"
http://www.electronicdesign.com/communications/does-anyone-still-use-analog-oscilloscope
farlymac
PF McFarland
I currently have a TDS220 with a FFT module and some old 400Mhz probes. Great little (and it's little) scope. But I miss the big Analog CRT models. Owned a bunch over the years. They were much faster for many applications. Also had a Tek SA, but sold it sometime back.
When sending screen images to friends, I just do it with whichever digital camera is close to me.
I saw those cameras in surplus catalogs for years, you couldn't give them away.
I'm pretty sure that camera would have fit my old 465
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektr...es#/media/File:Tektronix_465_Oscilloscope.jpg.
"There is something to be said about looking at a signal directly on an analog scope. What you see is what is really there. In a digital scope, the signal is sampled, stored, processed, and then reconstructed on an LCD screen for viewing. What you see is a highly modified version of the actual input. So just how close is the actual signal to what you are seeing?"
http://www.electronicdesign.com/communications/does-anyone-still-use-analog-oscilloscope
Most likely, with the proper interchangeable front piece.
PF
citizen99
Well-known
A bit analogous to the film vs. digital camera discussions ?...
"There is something to be said about looking at a signal directly on an analog scope. What you see is what is really there. In a digital scope, the signal is sampled, stored, processed, and then reconstructed on an LCD screen for viewing. What you see is a highly modified version of the actual input. So just how close is the actual signal to what you are seeing?"
http://www.electronicdesign.com/communications/does-anyone-still-use-analog-oscilloscope
I used the large models, with a choice of plug-in timebase and vertical amplifier modules, back in the '60s. The Polaroid camera system for these used just a simple adapter.
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