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Doug,
I am the author of that sobering read. Dont give up just yet. That presnetation was all about getting into Deepsky astrophotography. Ie pics of Galaxies, Nebula etc.... This type of astrophotogrpahy is not cheap to do well.
However there is nothign stopping anyone getting into wide field astrophotography will a camera lens piggybacked on a EQ mount. An EQ 3 mount that is well polar aligned will allow you to track without star trails on a 50mm lens for 5 minutes plus .... With modern DSLR's like 300D, 350D etc... you can takesome very fine milky way shots.....
It all depends on your expectations and what you consider to be decent results...
$1000 is not going to take you too far in the imaging department, but if thats where your interest lies longer term, then start buying bits now that can make up a good imaging rig later.
I cant say enough good things about the ED80 scopes from Orion/Synta etc... They wotn give you the big apperture wow factor but are still stunnign visual scopes and brilliant scopes for astrophotography....
Good luck with your decision. I would suggest keeping an eye out for 2nd hand gear to save some money. Once you decide what you want, place a wnated add here and on astromart adn see how you go.
Best Regards
Chris Venter
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