Any telescope you buy from a decent store (not a toy store)will do, but, you will need a camera adapter to shoot through the scope. Go to any camera store near you and they will tell you what type of adapter (it's actually called a camera mount) you need.
Most camera stores sell telescopes as well.
Yes me, the big question is how much do you want to spend, what do you want to shoot, Moon, planets, deep sky objects, this gets very expensive very quickly. I must point out it is very very very hard to do astrophotography, I have spent nights where one tiny mistake has ruined the whole shot, I would suggest getting a book and reading up on the subject first. But to answer your question.
The best bang for buck will be something like a skywatcher ED80 or equivalent, it is also small enough to be portable, you then need the mount, this needs to be rock solid, so something like the EQ5 or above, if you need to track stars and planets then get the goto version. You will need the goto version if shooting stars, planets, etc as on a long exposure you will get star trails, due to the rotation of the earth.
Check out this link it has far better advice than me http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/SCOPES.HTM
Good luck and I hope you do decide to take up astrophotography as the rewards when it goes right are simply stunning.
Any scope you buy at a camera store (which is probably the only place to find mid range to upper range telescopes) would be a safe bet on quality. I bought a Celestron NexStar 114G telescope at the camera store at the mall. Cost me about 200 dollars.
A good quality reflector scope with a parabolic mirror is a good start. 4" to 5.5" diameter with the best eyepiece you can afford. Also get the best equatorial mount you can fine. You need this to keep the 'scope rock steady.
My dad used to use a telescope with his camera, but it's been forever ago now, since he passed away in 2005, and it was probably 5 or so years before that at the most recent. He jimmied together an "adapter" that worked quite well... so depends on if you want $ or creativity in that department, but telescopes do make for awesome pictures.
@johnnyfrs@revjoel ok this gives me a starting point. I'm not sure I want to invest a lot and had an opportunity to get a Meade ETX-80 AT-TC Astro Telescope with AutoStar for around $65.00 but I'm not sure about the quality.
There are a number of good spotting scopes that come with camera adapters. Check B&H Photo Video for a great selection.Their digiscoping section also contains adapters and such.
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Most camera stores sell telescopes as well.
The best bang for buck will be something like a skywatcher ED80 or equivalent, it is also small enough to be portable, you then need the mount, this needs to be rock solid, so something like the EQ5 or above, if you need to track stars and planets then get the goto version. You will need the goto version if shooting stars, planets, etc as on a long exposure you will get star trails, due to the rotation of the earth.
Check out this link it has far better advice than me http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/SCOPES.HTM
Good luck and I hope you do decide to take up astrophotography as the rewards when it goes right are simply stunning.
But you will need a tracking system for some.
Take a look at
http://www.astroarn.com/deepsky
(gets quite involved with stacking multiple exposures)
also
http://www.thestartrail.com/