woah, there's so many terms I don't know about, should I do more research and fall into the pithole of another hobby. I remember that Yutski has a6000. Mirrorless sounds tempting especially with the more portable body, and the option of swapping lenses sound appealing because I've always wanted to have a camera good enough to take good pictures of the moon. Is it true that Canon and Nikon are the go-to brands for DSLRs? I really do need something to get me started, can someone recommend me something
Don't get into photo 'GAS', really, it's too expensive, better spend money for abroad trips and cherish your girlfriend! Photo GAS is for married men who have large income. Period. I am not !!
One advice, is to get to know what kind of photo you pursuit the most. All different photo types have their own gear bias.
Golden rule : It's not the gear, it's the photog (short for photographer) who makes a great shot !
2nd golden rule : study the rules of composition !
3rd golden rule : break those rules !
For GAS (buy the cheapest option second hand so you can sell it recouping your costs if it didn't work out) :
-Landscape : get a cheap tripod, an ND filter, study,bring any camera (toy, film, digital, whatever), and buy a train ticket to the sea/mountains
-Street photography : get a Ricoh GR and study the photography of genius Henry Cartier Bresson and the likes.
-Macro photography : get a Rainox macro lens adapter
-Portrait : get a 75mm (or longer, 85mm being ideal) full frame equivalent lens and shoot, shoot and shoot more and study
You can easily get carried away when you buy photo gear. Don't ! Spend your energy making art instead. Make the most of that free digital DSLR your big brother gave you. Even 8 megapixels is plenty and you can achieve art with it.