I’ll never forget this piece of advice I received when I started getting serious about photography: invest in lenses, rather than bodies.  It was only later than I understood how much a good lens really affected the overall quality of a picture, unlike bodies which go out of date as quickly as they appear –   So here’s a few reasons why we prefer the former to the latter:

Lenses never lose their value

They’re a better investment in the long-term while camera bodies will naturally depreciate.

You can get good second-hand bodies

Canon 5D classics are going for anything from £380 upwards (we just got one for £450), which is a more cost-effective transition to shooting full-frame then spending 3 times as much on a new camera kit.

You can collect the lenses you actually need.

New camera kits usually come with an 18-55 f3.5-5.6 lenses, but once you have one of those, you won’t really need another one.  So investing in lenses will give you a chance to think about the glass that will help you with the type of photography you’re into.

You won’t need to a learn how to use a body again.

Own a DSLR long enough and working it will become second-nature – but upgrading before you need to means you’ll have to get your head around  the new location of buttons (and sometimes new menu systems. Who has time for that?)

What do you think?  Would you rather spend money on lenses or think splashing out on the camera body is just as important? Leave your views in the comments!