Photography is too expensive.

Anyone who knows a little about photography has heard a saying: "photography is poor for three generations, and SLR destroys life"! What is even more exasperating is that micro-cameras and lenses on the market are more expensive than SLR! Therefore, photography is really a hobby that burns money.

However, everything has two sides, and every commodity has various product levels from low to high. For example, an earphone can be bought for the cheapest few dollars, and it costs thousands to tens of thousands of dollars. Of course, living within our means and choosing what suits us is also a way of life.

Photography is a process of recording light and shadow, in which photographic equipment acts as a recording tool, so it is essential. Photographic equipment is varied, from low-grade to high-grade and so on.

Mobile phones are the most accessible shooting tools. In fact, everyone ignores that mobile phones are the most common and commonly owned shooting equipment. Mobile phones can also shoot blockbusters, especially mobile phones nowadays, and the ability to take pictures is increasingly the main selling point. With the passage of time, mobile phones have become the most important equipment for making photographic works. According to statistics, hundreds of millions of new photos are produced every day in the world. Of course, most of them are taken by mobile phones.

Therefore, for photography with low requirements, a mobile phone is actually enough. We can see more and more photography competitions with the theme of mobile phone photography, and mobile phone photography has also become a category of photography. Don't think that mobile phone photography is very simple, you will have a lot of knowledge if you go deeper. Such as composition, later stage and so on. Not to mention that the mobile phone also has the function of manually adjusting the shooting parameters, which makes the photography more detailed and better captures the desired effect.

If you don't know, please study your mobile phone!

There are also many kinds of cameras. Let's talk about the camera again. After all, the camera is a special equipment specially designed for photography. According to the type of lens, cameras can be divided into two categories: interchangeable lens cameras and non-interchangeable lens cameras. Non-replaceable lenses are generally what we often call card machines. The lens and the fuselage are integrated and relatively portable.

There are many kinds of card machines. Don't think the card machine is cheap. There are also high-end card machines, such as those in Quan Huafu, which cost tens of thousands of yuan.

Cameras with interchangeable lenses are mainly divided into two categories: SLR and micro-single. Microfilm is more promising than SLR update. Because SLR and micro-single lens are interchangeable, using different types of lenses can achieve different purposes, such as taking pictures of flowers and insects with macro lens, taking pictures of portraits or birds with telephoto lens and so on.

Usually, a fuselage will be equipped with multiple different lenses, which makes our expenses on photographic equipment include fuselage and multiple different lenses, and even need to be equipped with storage drying boxes and some maintenance equipment. So the overall cost is still quite high.

Some ways to save money by playing with cameras 1. Play mobile phone photography first.

Everyone has a mobile phone, which he carries with him every day and takes pictures everywhere. There is no shortage of beauty in your life, just take out your mobile phone and capture it. Judging from the photo effect of mainstream mobile phones, they are all very fun, especially Huawei and Apple, and of course, they are indispensable.

The most important thing in mobile phone photography is composition. If you learn the composition well, you can use the camera in the future, which will be faster and better at making movies. So, don't dislike the mobile phone, regard it as a prelude to buying a camera. As long as the mobile phone draws pictures and likes photography, consider buying a camera. Otherwise, if you buy a camera and don't like shooting, it's just a decoration.

2. Buy a second-hand camera

Playing photography, it is better to start with SLR. For a novice's first camera, I strongly recommend starting with a second-hand camera. Because I am a beginner, I actually don't know which direction to go in the future. For example, I may like taking portraits, so I need some fixed-focus lenses. If I like shooting scenery, I need some wide-angle lenses. Only when you have tried it, can I know what I like best and what I am good at.

3. Buy a zoom lens first

Zoom lenses are generally cheaper. Multi-focal segments can try different uses of focal segments, then find the focal segment that suits them, and then focus on fixed-focus lenses to pursue higher results.

4. Don't pursue the original lens unilaterally.

The quality of the original lens is good, and the price is high, while the deputy lens can achieve more than 80% effect with less than half the price, which is still very good from the cost performance point of view. What's more, some deputy factory lenses are not lost to the original factory.

5. No novelty, no high-end camera.

Although the camera is not a fast-selling product, it also has a certain update cycle. The beginning of new products is often the most expensive time. When the output comes up, or when faced with the next update, the price will drop.

As long as the camera has enough functions, we don't need to spend too much money on some rarely used functions. For example, Canon's EOS R5 focuses on 8K video shooting, but there are very few people and needs who can really shoot 8K. One EOS R or R6 is enough. The price is even less than half.

Don't think it is impossible to make money through photography. As long as you work hard at photography, you will certainly get something. If your photography level is recognized, you may earn some income for yourself. Isn't it longer and happier to update your equipment through these incomes?

There are many ways to make money by photography. You can read Brother Mustang's previous article, so I won't expand it here.

In a word, there are thousands of roads to photography, and you need to proceed from your own reality and always find the way to your desired destination! Come on!