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Hi,
I have the same telescope and I have found the following options are/may be available.
1. Get yourself a T Ring Adapter for a Canon (or whatever brand of camera you end up getting) and use a 2x Barlow. This method will not allow you to see the whole Moon in the field of view, for example, but it is a pretty cheap way to start. Note that if you still have the telescope on a Dobsonian mount then you will only be able to image really bright objects that require exposure times well under 1 second.
2. You will still need the T Ring Adapter, but as I have said, I have the same telescope, and the low profile focuser did work for me. I am not sure if this means it will work on your telescope though. With this option you will be able to see more in the field of view because you will not need the Barlow to bring it to focus. You only really need to go down this path if you want to image less bright objects, such as nebulae, and therefore your telescope will need to be on an EQ mount with tracking.
3. Ditch both of these and use your camera with a tripod, and whatever lens you have that fits the camera but preferably a wider field lens; I have found that the 55mm is pretty good. This allows for large sections of the sky to be imaged at one time and the exposure times vary but 15-20 seconds is what I can manage. If I use a lens at 18mm then I can get 45-60 seconds without star trails!! Keep in mind that if you have/will get an EQ mount with tracking then you can use this method by "piggybacking" on the back of the telescope. You can then use longer focal length lenses that will allow you to get in a bit closer to something specific, such as M42 in Orion.
There is obviously more to the story than this, but you can see that there are different options. From these and other suggestions that will be made you only need to consider what sounds like something you/your partner would like to do and then ask more questions to get the specifics of each option.
Regards
Daniel...
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