What gear do beginners use to learn photography?

Use automatic P gear or aperture priority gear and shutter priority gear.

It doesn't matter what gear you use. Novices must first expose photos accurately.

Take a chestnut, for example, if you use the program P file, that is, the automatic file, see if the exposure is appropriate after shooting, and adjust it with exposure compensation in time. Whether the exposure is appropriate or not is not accurate just by looking at the screen display. It is necessary to learn to look at the histogram.

Then, look at the EXIF information of the photo, look at the aperture, shutter, ISO, and then the exposure combination of various occasions. Gradually transition to aperture priority.