Shev,
If your primary focus is on imaging the FLT 110 is the right choice. Just don't lose sight of the fact that a 4" telescope will only ever be a 4" telescope, irrespective of cost, type, design or quality. In other words "a very small telescope" whose visual performance whilst aesthetically nice, will be clearly inferior to larger aperture instruments.
In respect of the mount. For good imaging a high quality mount is critical and equally as important if not more important than the telescope. In this regard the Chinese mounts are inadequate IMO. The Losmandy GM8 or the Vixen Sphinx are clearly better choices than an EQ anything. The Losmandy GM8 would be my choice of the two.
http://www.losmandy.com/gm8.html
The Losmandy GM8 is middle ground, lying miles above the Chinese mounts and a mount in keeping with the quality of your intended scope purchase. It is cheaper and inferior to the top shelf mounts including the Paramount, Takahashi and Astrophysics mounts which are infinitely more expensive and overkill at this stage.
The FLT 110 on either a GM8 or the Vixen Sphinx would certainly take you a long way as an imager and give you a lot of hours of visual enjoyment.
Cheers,
John B