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I would suggest you take one small step at time instead of purchasing a combination. Sink as much money as you can into the mount first. The mount is the critical piece and should provide you future growth to use just about any OTA for imaging in the future.
For the mount, you can't beat a german equatorial (GEM) from a flexibility perspective. You will note that many astrophotographers use GEMs. Forks are ok, but if you want to upgrade from an 8" to 10" OTA, then you need to also upgrade the fork mount. I think there is a thread already on IIS talking about the pros/cons of each mount. You may need to search the forum.
Forget about the RC's. Keep an eye out on Astromart, as some cheap G11's and Taks turn up now and then. Or even an AP600 - very good mount for the price.
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