Even though they are obviously good cameras too, IIS members
wondering what to get themselves when they are ready for the move
up in the imaging stakes shouldn't just think its an "SBIG" or nothing,
there "are" alternatives, great alternatives.
Once you know what you are doing, this is what you can do with the
beautifully compact, sensitive and light (about the size of a large eyepiece)
Starlightxpress SXV-M25C one shot CCD camera and a fast Newtonian he
he he :-)
http://www.heavenlyview.com/m45sxvm25a.htm
Perhaps technically the resolution is slightly less than a mono
camera but hey, no filter wheel, no filters, just point and
shoot...BANG, an image like this!
Alan hasn't mentioned it in his image credits but I bet he didn't
even use dark frames, he hasn't before with his SX cameras.
Mike