[Test-Equipment] osilloscope help

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I don't have any docs but the ones I recall were made for the later vintage 
'scopes (453 and later) with rectangular CRT's.  Basically a tall truncated 
pyramid about a foot long with flanges on each end for clamping to the bezel 
around the CRT and attaching the camera.  The TEK ones were pastel blue as I 
recall.  I think I have one somewhere but it may be in one of the storage buildings 
I seldom visit.  Next time I need to go to them, I'll try to remember to 
look.  The camera end of any of them could no doubt be adapted to any of the 
current digital SLR's but the other end would have to be close to or slightly 
larger than the size of the CRT on the 'scope you wanted to fit it to.  They had a 
latch and hinge arrangement so that you could swing the complete assembly to 
the side or up in order to see the face of the CRT.

In a message dated 2/4/2008 1:25:00 AM Central Standard Time, 
davec2468 at aim.com writes: 
> >Actually, that isn't a bad idea if you don't want to have to buy a new
> >'scope.  Tektronix used to sell adaptors for cameras that fit their 
> >'scopes.  As
> >someone else mentioned, I think that the cameras that fit the 
> >adaptors were the
> >large version Polaroid units but you could probably adapt a digital SLR 
> with
> >macro lense to one of them.  Might take some machine shop work.
> 
> Does anyone have any references to these adapters, such as one for 
> sale, a photo, or documentation? I'd like to see a unit...

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