Having taken my moon shot the other day and then trying to repeat the process the following night with my little Meade reflector I quickly came to the realisation that it wasn’t that powerful at all really and that the Canon 400mm lens and 2 x extender was in effect way more powerful. I had wanted to get into astrophotography for a while, and after speaking to Peter (DigitaFX), it kind of spurred me on. The main problems with my Meade is a combination of the poor magnification and with an EOS 20D strapped onto a T adaptor the small telescope mount only allows for a 35 degree tilt before the Canon hits the tripod/mount. So the Magpie effect comes into play once again and a replacement for the Meade is required… I’ve looked at both a Celestron & Meade 8” reflector and their seams to be quite a large disparity in price. The Celestron is considerably cheaper and I was wandering if any of you had any experience of either of these models and which you would recommend. Thanks in advance for your help.