[Questor (Jon)]

Howdy all.

I am after some advice as to what people would recommend for someone starting out in astrophotography but not new to observing (kinda)

A bit of background, I grew up in the UK using a friends parent's scope reasonably often (Alt-az mounted) enjoying observing moon/planets etc. moved from the UK to NZ in '06 and then to the SE suburbs of Melbourne in 2013. All that time I kept saying I would buy myself a scope to the point of doing lots of research and then never getting round to it for one reason or another. Come to now and I am a bit more serious about getting into the hobby, but I think imaging as opposed to direct observation (mostly) is what I would prefer to do. So I am not new to looking at the sky, but I almost might as well be.

I'm the sort of person who would rather get something that's known to be good but not going to break the bank as opposed to just jumping into SUPER entry level, though of course because I will be learning as I go (and I appreciate it will be a STEEP learning curve) I don't need every last bell and whistle, but kit that I can grow into would be nice if that makes sense.

I have a DSLR that I am happy with (Nikon D90) so I don't need a camera immediately but I would be looking at purchasing basically everything else. So what would people recommend? the smaller refractors seem to be the best bang for buck when it comes to wider field deep sky imaging, which is where my interestsare at the moment.