Chris , I'm getting the photo bug a little and share a problem with my L5 also !
You might find you can sell your outfit with a little more drop in price. Why not advertise in the local mags. Despite its large membership I suspect that the market of active purchasers of pricier gear is still very small on IIS, and probably biased towards smaller refracters.
I'm hoping that the Orion ED102 F7 proves good for photography so the combination with an HEQ5 Skyscan will prove fairly lightweight and cost effective combo at around $2500 all up. Otherwise a well baffled 6" F6 Newt would probably be superior, not needing a coma correcter /field flattener.
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