Is still life photography a big investment?

This. . At least give me a budget. . If you shoot still life, the first condition is large aperture, followed by macro function, tripod and flash.

Entry-level, budget around 5000, Nikon D3200\5200, new machine, not expensive. The lens can be set to 18-55, and the second lens can choose 40 micron or 35 1.8G+ macro ring (note: manual focusing is allowed only with macro ring), and 60 micron is also good.

You can buy a tripod made in China, with quick release board around 100, which is economical and practical. Flash can choose domestic lamps such as Yongnuo, and the price is around 300-500. Cheap lamps have no automatic function, so they can only adjust the brightness manually, which takes some time to practice. (Canon is not recommended for the fuselage, because the cost performance of the new machine is too poor, and the still life requires higher focusing performance. Nikon's focusing system has always been better. )

Intermediate level; The budget is 7000- 10000. There is a wide choice of fuselage, specifically Canon 70D, 60D, 7D\ Nikon D7 100, D7000, D300S. The price of the fuselage ranges from 6000 to 8000, and the lens can be configured according to the entry level, which is completely enough. Tripod and lamp are the same as above. If you have economic strength, you can consider the original macro lamp price of around 4000.

Advanced: above 10000. Due to the small budget, this is not considered.

In fact, if LZ wants to play economy and practice technology, the fuselage can be brand-new, and the lens can be scoured on 58 or Taobao for good quality second-hand lenses, which not only saves costs, but also has high cost performance. And if there is a need to upgrade the lens in the future, the second-hand lens will basically not lose too much. In addition, if the funds are abundant and there is no original plot, you can also consider the lens of the deputy factory, Sima Honghei, Longteng 90 Micro and so on. The new one is not expensive, about 4 thousand, and the price of the second-hand one is even lower.