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Very interesting info in this thread, and just what I'd been reading and learning over the last few months.
Each camera certainly has it's place, especially the STL11000. It does produce spectacular photo's and that large chip would be so nice.
I recently was considering upgrading my ST7 to a ST2000 but recently decided against it when I realised the dramatic difference in QE between the two. I have found that the astro photography I find most interesting and fun is the really really really faint stuff that few other people bother to image, so the 85% QE of the ST7 made the decision for me to stick with it's smaller chip size. So I've found myself a CFW8 for it now instead of upgrading the camera.
It all comes down to what you want to photograph, and if you don't care, then how pretty the pictures will turn out.
All interesting stuff. Very hard to comprehend as a beginner, I remember tyring to understand it all 3 years ago and just couldn't so went with the ST7 by default of price range. Now I have a much better understanding but gez it takes a bit. Perhaps that's one area where the STL11000 is always a winner - it's a one stop shop for pretty pictures of dark sky objects, if you have the money.
Roger.
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