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pros and cons
Excelllent goto's after set up and alignment. Excellent optics for visual use. Well made. Lots of experience on line for modifications/ extras
VS
in fork mount only good for very short exposure photography (can do video of planets though)
Long focal length is unforgiving when trying to guide
Heavy scope, must be balanced well if adding DSLR etc
Focus knob (on mine) is not as intuitive as crayford focusers
Depends what you want it for really, I bought my 8" Meade after having an ETX and a cheap Newton. Did me well for a number of years and is still a cracking planetary scope. But I got into photography so have sort of side lined it in favour of another reflector plus small refractor. My interest is more deep sky so that's why I have not used it for a while.
Meade are great optics and the software is easy to set up and use.
Good luck
Graham
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