Hello,
I have been using the 111, every chance I get, this winter has been a real stinker though. If we get 1 clear night a week we are happy. That being said, the first images with the 111 were taken when it was on top of my Meade 12" LX 200 fork mount. Balancing and guiding were a real chore to get right and I am not sure I ever did get it right. Bobby, has been trying to convince me about a CGE, and I finally listened. I only have the CGE for about 2 weeks. I am now extremly happy with his advice, and this made the scope shine even brighter. Guiding and balancing are now no trouble at all. The scope is made very well, the 2 speed focuser is real smooth, it also seems to carry the Canon 40D with no problem. I only image, so looking through it has not been a quest. The stars are pinpoint all the way to the edge. Another thing I must add is that even on different nights, I have not moved the focuser, it holds the focus from night to night. I have never noticed any CA. I am attaching a picture, I took with this scope. It is a picture of M-51, Taken with a Canon 40D, 74 subs, each one 4 minutes long, iso 800. Stacked it in Deep Sky Stacker, processed it in Photoshop. I have to use a IDAS light pollution filter all the time, my clear dark sky clock has me right in the middle of white. The picture was cropped ever so slightly due to slight field rotation. It even picked up a number of faint fuzzies. One more thing, I will not give this back even if they need it, LOL. Andy