Does photography cost money?

Not absolutely, it depends on how you play. If you want to take it step by step and understand the saying "first-rate photography relies on ideas, second-rate photography relies on technology, and third-rate photography relies on equipment", you won't burn too much money. When buying an entry-level camera at the beginning, some lenses with complementary focal lengths such as 18-55+55-300 or even 18-200 are not expensive, have good performance, and have good image quality, which is enough for you to hone your skills. After that, it depends on how your skills improve. If you can already take very good photos with this equipment, you can consider upgrading. Forget it if you can't take good photos. Don't blame the equipment for not being good. Then you will find that you can take better photos. Once you have good equipment, your photos will be just like that. There is nothing to be proud of. Good equipment will not change the quantity of your works - if the economy allows, buy a full frame + Three Musketeers and start to enter the advanced realm of photography. You will find that your work is better than before. If it could score 80 points before, it can score 87 points now. If you just want to buy good equipment and become an equipment party, then the path of photography will be endless, because there will always be better equipment, and your money will continue to burn. Therefore, if you think rationally, then photography will not be very expensive; those who say it is expensive are those who are on the road of equipment and will not look back.