[Shiraz (Ray)]

Nobody can say what is best for you, but many people here have been through the painful process of trial and error that is needed to get a system that is usable. If we can help you get where you want to be with a little less pain, that's good.

2. When you have a mount, the best place to start might be to use your camera with the fixed focus lens to get some wider field images while you come to grips with the ideas of equatorial mounts, polar alignment, image stacking and processing etc. (assuming that you do not have such experience).

3. Then a general purpose scope with good colour correction (such as an ED80 with a field flattener for example) would probably be a good idea and bring some spectacular nebulae etc into reach. Your camera should be fine with the scope, but you will need an adapter to attach it. With the scope and camera you will be able to get some good images of the moon and sun, but for deep space objects, you will also need a small additional guide scope and guide camera to track a star near your target object and remove the small residual tracking errors in the mount. There are a few guide options, but something like the Orion guider package should be fine. You will also need a computer to drive the system. With such a setup, you should be able to take impressive images of a wide range of deep space objects.

4. after that, the sky is the limit so to speak and you will know where you want to go next. People seem to hang onto their ED80s and a HEQ5 should be easy to sell if you outgrow it.

Planetary imaging is a different ball game, with large scopes being the order of the day. If you want to go that way, you will need a different set of equipment.

anyway, good luck. regards Ray