Is SLR better or card machine better?

The best card machine imaging is not as good as the most basic SLR imaging, because the imaging principles are different. The card machine is digital zoom, and its zoom is at the expense of pixels, so the card machine looks very high in pixels, but the shooting prospect is still very vague. SLR is an optical zoom, and it won't sacrifice pixels, so long-distance shooting is still very clear.

Moreover, the things shot by SLR have depth of field, that is, the background can be blurred, and the photos with super blurred background with large aperture can't be taken by card machine.

Now the price of SLR is also very cheap, and you can get started with three or four thousand.

If you don't want to continue to invest in photography, I personally suggest that you can buy a micro-single, that is, a single phone, which is absolutely sharp and trendy. If you want to continue studying photography, buy a SLR, but the investment will be higher later.