I bought my first DSLR a couple of years ago, a Nikon D3300.
It's an entry level DSLR, but still very good quality. It's the lenses that make the difference.
I've also learnt a lot from watching photography tutorials on Youtube.
My favourites being those by Mike Browne and Jarred Polin.
These were taken at Down House. Where Charles Darwin once lived.
This is one I took yesterday at a Stately Home, not too far from where we live. "Audley End"
This Cedar of Lebanon was planted in 1762, by renowned Landscape Garden designer, Capability Brown.
I've enjoyed shooting and developing my own b&w film. Here's one I shot a few years ago with a Nikon F100 & 50mm series E lens. Film is Kodak Tri-X, developed in home mixed (from old formula / raw chemicals) Fuji FD22.