Cheers for checking'em out guys, great hobby we have
Rob, the reduced requirement for flats is a result of the relatively even sensitivity across the Sony chip in the SXH694, the fully illuminated field of the AG12 scope is much larger than the chip, my filters are very clean and my skies quite dark. Lately however I have actually been using flats, just to even out the small reschedule amount of sensitivity variation across the chip.
The reduced need for darks is because the Sony chip in the SXH694 is very quiet and clean with very low noise, I simply dither my light frames and then median combine and that is all I need to do for good results
Mike