Photography - Cameras, Where To Start?

Thanks all, very much appreciate you taking time to reply - there's a lot of food for thought here so I've started watching a few YouTube videos on the subject - which is vast looking at all of the material available. The course mentioned above would be interesting but it slices a fair bit off what I'd have available for the camera...maybe a future investment if I'm bitten and want to invest more.
 
I spent a small fortune on my new(ish) camera - with all the bit's and pieces - I have no clue how to work it - or better to say I should of gone for something simple - time will tell mind.
 
I would start with a decent bridge camera from Nikon or Canon even a higher end Fujifilm bridge camera, learn the setting on that without having to learn all the different lenses and be overwhelmed with all the settings, buy a 2nd hand one and once you know you like the hobby you can sell the bridge camera on and use the money to reinvest towards a DSLR. I think a decent bridge camera is a bit more user friendly but still has many of the features and settings of a DSLR.
 
I've read all of the above posts and agree with about 95% of the advice, personally I am a Nikon guy as that's what I started with and I've just added kit as I've gone along, it all works well for me. I am still DSLR rather than full frame as, for the type of work I do, I don't see a massive advantage in swapping all kit and lenses although that may change going forward. I love that you have been bitten by the bug, just go with the best body you can afford (given your budget a D7100 maybe) plus a couple of lenses, maybe given your stated interests I would say a wide angle (maybe 12-24mm or similar), and a prime is also a good shout (50mm f1.4 is my choice especially for gigs). A bit of quick advice from me is to save some of your budget for editing software, I have the Adobe plan which includes lightroom and photoshop for a tenner a month and it is brilliant for me given I use it every day, it's literally the price of three pints a month and will elevate your photography massively.

MPB gets a big thumbs up from me also, I have bought, sold and traded kit on there with 100% satisfaction.

Hey, just get out there and enjoy it, remember that composition is 90% of a good image, the other 10% is lighting, make it interesting and maybe a bit different from the 'norm'. Enjoy fella, feel free to shout me if I can help with anything, cheers, Ian.
 
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