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Hi g_day. jm2cw
I started the same as you, came to my third scope and started wondering what to get. Like you I wanted to do visual and photography, nothing too cumbersome to move around and with the potential to do some deep deep stuff.
I ended up going for the LX200 with a wedge (if your going the LX way you will need to get a wedge). I've since moved on to equatorial mounts as I found the setup much more user friendly than using a wedge. I decided to stick with the Meade 8" OTA (with mirror lock, important to consider to reduce potential mirror flop) and an Orion 80ED refractor. Along with a couple of moderately good camera lenses and a Canon 300D these options cover just about anything I'd be likely to try to image. Along the way I also picked up 6.3 focal reducer, ToUcam and a DSI so I'm covered for everything from lunar/planetary, very widefield, widefield (80ED), and deep sky with auto guiding options.
Hope that helps
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