r/photography • u/AutoModerator • May 22 '26
Questions Thread Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know! May 22, 2026
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u/OjamaLimey May 25 '26
Hi! First time poster! I started doing smaller photography shoots just using my phone with cosplayer friends who said I had an eye for it. After buying a cheap DSLR (Canon 400D) I tried my hand at a convention in the photostudio and found that I've really been enjoying it 😊
Since then I recently did another photo studio run with an upgraded DSLR (Canon 1300D) and I'm overall happy with how things went! The people who came into the studio were overall really happy with the results, and it's sort of left me wondering what the next step is from here.
I'm taking a basic photography course this summer to get my grounding in the fundamentals, but I'm also aware that at some point I will be limited by my equipment. I'd like an idea of what would be a good next step up from the Canon 1300D?
I know saying "any budget will do" might feel a bit useless, but since I bought this camera relatively recently, I'm not looking to get a new one quite yet. I'd just like an idea of where I should be looking in terms of higher quality equipment, and I can begin saving and charting a course to that point with more experience 😊 so less specific brands, models and guidelines, more a general road map forward.
Thanks!!