Through my years of photography, I have seen many friends with deep pockets purchasing high end equipment. They jumped into photography without learning the basics of photography. Most of them are still using AUTO mode till date
Of course with deep pocket you get to enjoy all the wonderful features of the higher models right from the beginning but for bros who may not have deep pockets, it is perfectly ok to get the basics. Please remember it does not mean you get good pictures with higher end gears in fact I won my competitions when I was using the lowest end first gen DSLR.... but then again, there are no rules in photography ... snap it away!
my 2 cents thoughts
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