KAF8300 and Photometry

Has anyone tried to use a monochrome KAF8300-chipped CCD to do photometry? It's ABG, but reputed to have 'good linearity' according to a number of manufacturer's web sites.

I'm stuck in a decision loop between an ST-8XME or an 8300 based CCD. Since it would be on an f/10 12" ACF, I would probably need to bin the 8300, which might cause more problems. Or wait until a decent reducer is produced that doesn't also flatten fields!

Brian.

The KAF8300 well depth is low at 25ke, and it has anti-blooming that affects linearity at the high end. These probably make it less than ideal for photometry. Binning 2x2 will make the well depth comparable (100ke) to chips with higher dynamic range, but I don't know what you can do about the anti-blooming other than stay away from the saturation region where it kicks in.