[jase (Jason)]

Originally Posted by Gama

Sorry guys, looked ok on my monitor. Changed text to black now.

Anyhooos, heres a link to compare the optical prformance of a 32" RC and the 12" RCX400 in terms of edge of field star size and sharpness.
The RC 32" http://www.mistisoftware.com/Astrono...32_m13_Jim.htm

The 12" RCX400 http://www.mistisoftware.com/Astrono...2_m13_Mark.htm

best to have the pages side by side.
Have to say its pretty impressive .

Impressive indeed. I've seen this comparison before. What is not clear is how far off the optical axis each image is. I'm not trying to play this down, but one must consider such variables before drawing a conclusion.