[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by clive milne

Hi Greg,
This may be a fair statement for camera manufacturers targeting our specific demographic.
However, it might be more accurate to acknowledge that the real cutting edge of sensor technology isn't trickling down to our level yet.

ie)
http://fairchildimaging.com/main/doc...ld_Imaging.pdf

http://www.sta-inc.net/update-of-sta...esolution-ccd/

best
~c

Ditto. It also is worth mentioning that most amateurs don't have telescopes that can handle say, a 9.3 kg plate mounted camera with 61mm square array.

Pricing also makes 16803 sensor based cameras look cheap.