[mch62 (Mark)]

I started out with a 70mm f13 refractor on an EQ mount many year ago and still have that tube assemble less mount .
The mount only had RA drive and a simple controller.
I now use it as a guide scope for my larger Newt.
It gives great planetary images with little false colour at f13.
These simple EQ mount with a little help from some one more experience at first , are not that difficult to master and with a web cam will give satisfactory results for imaging.
Learning to use an EQ mount helps in understanding the sky .
I have shown a few newbies how to set up an EQ mount and they love the ability of not having to continualy recentre the image.
You can also with a simple tracking mount like this put a camera piggy backed and dabble in Deep sky wide field work , if he gets the urge.
How ever you could get the Dob and latter on put that onto an EQ 4-5 .
The photo bug will get you eventually and you need to keep that in concideration.
You only have to read the forums of Dob owners to see there coments on taking even web cam images and keeping them in the centre of the FOV.
I have included a pic of my old set up before I built the planetary Newt .The white 70mm guide scope is my first scope and is sitting on my old 6"refractor.

Mark