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Peter,
Thank you - BTW wide field I was expecting you to say a 80 - 100mm OTA - I hadn't thought of Canon's white water lens - as you say they are rather dear!
I'm on my fifth mount now - a Vixen Atlux second hand, the one before this was a CG5 (think goto EQ5). The quality and capability between these two mounts are light years apart. But spend double what I did and your into Losmandy Titans, AP 900, or TAK NJP, go up again and you're into AP 1200, Paramount ME or the higher end TAK's.
You chose your tools fit for purpose. If it were just visual or low end wide field - the EQ6 would get you started. If you want to image longer or with heavier gear you'll need alot more in a mount - precise pointing, tracking and guiding - and these really don't come cheap.
Don't skip on the mount - a good second hand mount might be a real god send.
And if imaging becomes your game - as Fahim said - a german equatorial mount (versus a fork on a wedge or a fork without a wedge but with a field de-rotator) is the way to go!
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