>>4489367I dont know what third world country you are from, but i too am (hint : diversity). The issue of cost is the same for any one of this earth really. Sure maybe a retail camera store would be hard to find for you, but everything is online now, unless your country does not have a postal system in which case wtf.
Coming to the camera issue, a 200 dollar 2010s camera is fine, provided the camera does not treat you like a toddler. Yes lenses are another issue, but even used camera offers have kit lens packed with them. "Most" kit lenses have a MTF of 0.75 to 0.8 which is good enough for a beginner, sure you might lack range or other parameter but learning to compensate and innovate is just part of photography
As for phones, i also use my phone for photography sometimes, and its not a iphone. Sure more noise, fixed focal length and f-stop, but compensation is key, phones tend to do great in landscape shots, provided you tend to your raws better in post. I use my phone is cases where i need a wider focal length.
And theres no shame is using the tools you have and you love. Digital or film, most dont care, the work/result matters. If your phone work is indistinguishable from pro's who cares to ask. There's always faggots gear fagging, i assume you are young and impressionable, so dont take them seriously, nobody really cares.
I use a nikon d5300, most here would call it a bad system, but its gets the job done and i wouldn't trade it for anything.
I guess the main problem for us, is connections, most here dont care abt this hobby, so i had to learn and experiment myself with resources from the internet, in the end you dont have to make a living off it, just do it as a hobby. Making photography a professional career often kills the joy behind it
