I'm just trying to improve my knowledge while displaying my ignorance
It seems to me that for both viewing and imagery, a 10" Mak Newt with Baader MDCC would be a pretty good coma-free and diffraction-spike free performer, and one heck of a fast light bucket.
Yes, more expensive than a simple equivalent-size dob, but a better performer than many of the other more upscale scopes we seem to lust for, (yes, you and me, AlexN).
Sure, much bigger than an RC or even SCT, but still easy to sit on an EQ6 and no more difficult for viewing than a standard 10" newt dob which many IIS folks possess.
It just seems like best bang for the buck, to hang either a good EP or CCD on, but not popular. Can the more knowledgeable please enlighten me?
Signed, concerned gadget freak.