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I purchased Martin Pugh's Meade 14" f/10 recently. The use case for this scope is pure planetary. So the longer focal length mattered more to me than the flat field of the C14 Edge. f/20 was my goal (5x pixel pitch of the camera) - so I use an AP 2x Barlow. At f/8 - you would just need to add another spacer behind the Barlow to get 2.5x. Early results are very encouraging.
I think 5.5K for the f/8 Meade is a bargain. Large SCT's are virtually impossible to get new anywhere on the planet right now. Grab it fast and enjoy the amazing views of Jupiter and Saturn that we have down here at the moment (once the weather starts to co-operate a bit more).
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