I have an STF-8300M and am also having issues with connecting to the camera and when I can get it to connect it will only take about 3 images...
and I'm an idiot - debug was on which REALLY slows it down - I don't remember turning it on
I just updated my SBIG drivers (sbiudrv.dll) using SBIGDriverChecker64 and both my STF-8300 camera and ST-i guider are now downloading SUPER SLOW...
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