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Having used the XX14i properly tonight, I must say that I'm quite happy with az bearings after all. They're firm enough to make minute corrections possible when trying to locate an object using the object locator. If it was more buttery as I originally posted, I think the small corrections would be just a tad more difficult. So, I'm happy!
I had to shim the finder just a tad to get it to align tonight. No big deal and only took a few seconds. I also noticed that my 12mm and 16mm naglers come to focus in this scope just before the full extent of the focusser. It'll probably be worth getting a small extension tube to keep things comfortable.
I was surprised at how easy it was to get going with the object locator, having never used one before. It literally took about 1 minute to align, and I was ready to go searching. Pity the sky was washed out with moonlight and clouds tonight. I made the most of what I could get my eyes onto and was more than pleased with the views. Collimation was spot on (checked inside out outside focus) - so all in all, a very pleasing new scope that ended up costing me about $7000 less than an Obsession 15".
Dean
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