You are probably right, but the important thing is get into a line with good lenses. The body you will swap out over time. Lenses you will keep
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As many are so fond of saying here, it depends.
Changing gear, in this case a camera body, is non-essential to making great images.
Lenses are very key, depending on the type of photos someone wants to create. Most pros might own several lenses for specific use cases, but most generally use only a select few - about three in general - to capture their most impactful images - again, very much like basses. The trusty performers get the job done far more often.
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I think there is at least one similar topic here in the forum, which you might want to check out:
It even uses the same “opening line” 
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I’m confused. @eric.kiser told me to be nice to the noobs and not just point them to an existing thread 
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Well, @RuknRole ain’t exactly a noob - so, this was just a service announcement
Also:
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Somebody stop @Barney. He’s poking the bear again. 
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Is there a particular style or type of photography you are specifically interested in? That will also dictate what equipment you should look at.
Any photographers you admire? I love Man Ray’s solarized images, which is why I did my own series.
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@RuknRole Adorama also has a page with basic photography concepts. You could do a lot of learning and experimenting right now with the information on just this one page:
https://www.adorama.com/alc/photography-for-beginners/
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I’ve been doing photography since I was 6 years old. Developed my own black & white and color prints, with my enlarger perched over my “darkroom’s” toilet.
Things are a lot easier now.
It’s almost impossible to buy a bad camera these days. For many people, a compact digital camera with a permanently mounted zoom lens is all that’s needed. You can always buy a camera with interchangeable lenses in the future if the compact zoom gets too constraining.
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Thanks I’ll check it out!
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I was walking with our dear old dog in the woods near my house this morning thinking about this thread.
I grew up with a phone attached to the wall with a rotary dial. I now have a phone in my pocket that as well as making calls outside my house has a camera attached that even a chump like me can make look okish.
Everything is brilliant and yet some of us still aren’t happy. Get outside it’s a lovely day
This is from our morning walk heading towards the old Dewdney trail in the Rossland range, BC.
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Hey all -
I moved the Photography thread to this pre-existing one.
Seems all kinds of you bass folks like taking pictures.
Groovy.
I’m into it.
Love the minatures, @PamPurrs!
Now… sorry for the interruption. As you were.
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My boss is a photographer who proves both the aphorisms “It’s not the camera, it’s the eye” and “the best camera is the one you have with you for the shot”. She has gone reductionist and now exclusively uses her phone camera, and still wins awards. One fine dining restaurant saw her pic of a random lunch at their place and bought it for their website; she took it on her iPhone while out with a friend. She’s just really good.
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I think I’m drawn to wildlife and the outdoors.
Examples of some that I’ve taken (with my cheap phone) that I like.
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Ohhhhh - thanks for sharing these! I particularly like the asymmetrical composition of the dock photo - keep doing that. Experiment with shooting the same thing from different angles, too. The sushi plate, for example - take a shot looking across the plate as well as overhead, and suddenly it becomes a landscape of food.
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Amen to this. ^^^
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Really nice work, man! You have a natural eye for beauty. With just a couple of tiny composition tweaks, your landscape shots would be totally dialed in. 
A community college course of study will get you where you want go.
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Candid shot. Subject unaware. Dark night as day.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Lens: Wide-angle
Shutter speed: 3 seconds
Support: Handheld
Illumination: Moonlight only
Time: 10 PM
Post-processing: None
A great phone camera and some patience can work wonders.
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Thanks!
Yes I’m learning about composition now. On that dock photo I used “rule of thirds” by pure chance since I didn’t know about it. The sushi plate could have benefitted from a different point of view.
It’s cool to be learning the fundamentals and understanding the rules per say.
It’s cool
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