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I don't own either, but I think some forum members do. However from what i've read and seen from images posted, it can probably be summarised like this:
- DSI is better on deepspace stuff simply because it can do much longer exposures and deepspace stuff is exactly what it was designed for.
- DSI is not quite as simply and easy as the advertising would have you believe, but once you're past the learning curve I have seen some good to very good images of DSOs posted using the DSI.
- DSI has had some software and/or hardware problems, I think they've released various upgrades, and there's also now the DSI Pro with support for RGB imaging. Not recommended for the novice.
- I have seen very few images of planetary/lunar/solar taken with the DSI. From what I understand, the software just doesn't support itself well for that type of imaging.
- The LPI is primarly designed for planetary/lunar/solar. It can do up to 16 s exposures for DSOs, but it's quite limited and the images of DSO's I've seen with the LPI are really not that spectacular.. certainly not compared to the DSI.
- The LPI can do a quite reasonable job of solar system objects. You can either use the software supplied from end-to-end, or use it simply for capturing BMP's and then use alternate software (registax etc) for processing the image.
- I've seen some very good stuff produced with the LPI (some of the Jupiters by Rob in the solar system forum are GREAT!), however for solar system work most will recommend the ToUcam.
In the end, it's going to be up to you - do you primarily want to take solar system images or DSO images.. there's not really one camera that will do both WELL. The imaging techniques to do each (solar system vs DSO) are very very different, so finding a camera that can do both will be difficult.
You'd find that most people have 2 cameras, one for DSO work and 1 for solar system work.
Hope that helps.
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