Hi Peter,,
I am also a novice,,about 2 months,,I purchased an LX-90 for my first scope and just acquired a Series 4000 set of EP's,,,The scope is HEAPS of fun and delivers great views of the heavens,,It's REALY easy to set up and use too,I even plugged my DSLR into it last week for the first time and took photo's,,I'm not at the point of posting them yet compared to these guys,,but i reckon they ROCK,,,you could do a lot worse than this combo,,,Plenty good fun,,,,,,Cheers,,MAT