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Originally Posted by raymo
I have said this before to novice scope purchasers; although you now have no interest in taking pics through your scope, in the future you
might change your mind, so it makes sense to get a scope that will allow you to do that. Many dobsonians will not come to prime focus, so get one
that will. Skywatcher ones do; I don't know which other brands do.
raymo
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I seem to have a bit of deja vu as I'm sure I posted a reply this morning. Anyway, You can use the afocal method to take pictures with any camera and a low power eyepiece. Use the zoom of the camera to enlarge the object. This method works well for the Moon and planets.
When you get into astronomy you will soon realise the there is not one telescope that does it all. Keep it simple and put all your money in the largest mirror you can afford and you will see many more objects. GOTO electronics cost about 1/2 the total cost so you end up with a smaller overall telescope. If you want to do astrophotography later then get a separate setup for that and put most of your money into the mount and get a small refractor to start with. You can always add larger OTA for astrophotography later as long as your mount can handle it.