Thanks for your response.
I was on a similar thought for ease of use.
I've owned mak-cass's and refractors before, so Im used to 'grab-n-go' type scopes, but being a 'techie' guy I would enjoy the challenge of a fast newt. I was looking at a Farpoint coll kit and autocollimator to keep the optics in line if I went this way.
I know the C9.25 would give more wow factor for my lil girl with viewing, but Im thinking more long term, wanting to be more imaging focused, I still feel this little niggling feeling that a newt may give me better results (especially dso).
I guess, those that have owned fast newts for a while (like yourself Shiraz) do you wish you could skip the whole collimation routine every time you use your scope, or are you so impressed with the scopes performance, a little longer in setup isn't such an issue.
And those with SCT's, do you feel you would get better performance (imaging wise) out of a newt to sacrifice a bit of focal length.
If my pockets were deep, Id get both, but a young family and a trigger happy handbrake
prevents me... for now
Anyway, as suggested, I am trying to arrange getting hold of the C9.25 for a few weeks to really have a good 'test drive'. But if, as I suspect, the corrector lens has been inadvertently rotated, is there a 'how to' on how to resolve this? I will do a star test and correct collimation if necessary if I get my hands on it.
Thanks again.