Thanks Jonathan, good to hear so positives from the mass produced and will definitely take this into consideration, maybe this is the price difference justification between SW and GSO/Bintel.
Hi Peter, I probably should update my signature
, I have a Central DS 600D cooled camera now and am very happy with it as I get limited time under the skies and don't think I would get the most of a mono camera with the time I have.
I appreciate your honesty in the mechanical side of things, if you can elaborate a bit I would be grateful. The driver for wanting bigger was that I have an RC8 at the moment and from what I read a 12" scope will be able to better resolve the finer details (something I feel lacking under the SEQ skies with a smaller scope). I would opt ofr an RC12 but cost is a bit prohibitive after the EQ8 purchase
WRT collimation tools, I have these but you are quite correct in the change over needing other items such as coma correctors and additional plates and maybe even an OAG
Having said that my first experience with that was woeful LOL so would like to steer clear of OAG's as long as possible. I have read that Newts are more prone to flexing so perhaps that would be the mechanical issues you refer to????
Again that's for the advice, it will definitely weigh in to the decision making process.
Cheers
Anthony