I've only had my telescope since Aug of 2001, but I'm very proud of what I've accomplished so far.   I use a 10" Meade LX50, an old Canon ftb (SLR), and a Celestron "Radial" off-axis guider.  All the photos in my collection have been manually guided.  Some of the images are untouched, while others have been tweaked mercilessly in Microsoft Imager to get the most out of them.