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I have a G11 with the simpler digital drive. I've had it for two years, and have used it for imaging at focal lengths between 530 and 1200mm. With an autoguider, I regularly get seeing limited performance over 10 minute subs.
The analogue setting circles are good enough to put an object on a decent sized chip at these focal lengths. Using the PAS for polar alignment generally gets me close enough at these image scales.
Whether I would have been better off with an NEQ6, given the cost difference and similar performance (although I have not needed to touch the G11) only time will tell. The G11 is a much better finished piece of hardware in my experience.
The Losmandy Group on Yahoo is an excellent resource. I wouldn't believe everything on CN either, or I would have thought Takahashi FSQ focusers were unusable for example. There are people on there who will p!ss and moan if the thing doesn't leap out of its box and start taking award winning pictures all by itself.
Cheers,
Andrew.
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