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Body vs. Lens: A Budget Shooter's Guide to Spending Your Upgrade Money Wisely
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Body vs. Lens: A Budget Shooter's Guide to Spending Your Upgrade Money Wisely

Every few months I get the same message from readers: “I have $X saved up. Should I get a better body or a better lens?” I used to answer it the same way every time, which is badly. I’d hedge, ramble about “it depends,” and leave people more confused than when they started. The question isn’t actually that hard once you stop treating it as a universal problem and start treating it as a genre-specific one.

Before You Buy That New Camera Body, Ask Yourself These 5 Questions
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Before You Buy That New Camera Body, Ask Yourself These 5 Questions

Every few weeks I get a message that goes something like this: “I’ve been shooting for two years, should I upgrade my camera?” My answer is almost always another question, and usually several of them. It took me an embarrassingly long time to develop that instinct. Early on I was just as guilty of assuming a new body would fix problems that were really about light, location, or my own skill gaps.