[g__day (Matthew)]

No - I'm still on my original CG5. I'd love a more advanced mount. The comments on the G11's weaknesses and strengths come from several users of them here to me when I was first researching my next mount.

Personally I'm divided as to my next mount (I get the feeling an EM-200 or Vixen Atlux would be worth the extra dosh). At a minimum the Vixen Sphinx SXD might be by far the cheapest and most capable in its barely sufficient weight range. The Losmandy G11 appears to be the most affordable serious mount used by astro imagers here (followed next by the eq6 at half its price), the CGE would be great if someone in Australia could tune them well, the EQ6 appears too variable in its tracking for longer duration astrophotography unless you seriously tune it up too. I don't know of anyone here with a CGE truth to tell. A few folk have tak's or atlux's or the larger Losmandy Titans - and that just about us all isn't it? I note Mike Sidiono uses a Tak NJP - that speaks volumes to me about their quality given his seriousness about imaging.

All these observations are from a novice imager who reads alot about the subject - mostly on astronomy user groups here and the USA. Mind you its interesting that Ron Wodaski classes the G11 as a barely capable imaging platform for larger scopes (but I presume the guy is a perfectionist who resides soley on AP1200 or Paramount ME gear).