Get a dslr.
Get a film SLR, bigger “sensor” = more depth of field controll
Film means you can upgrade the ‘sensor’ to something super dooper or use cheep £1/roll truprint stuff.
I thought a dSLR would help with the instant feedback, in reality its just the composition you get feedback on, not much you can say about focus/depth of field/etc on a little 2″ screen and you’d be relying on the histograms for exposure etc rather than learning to make a judgement.
And for the cost of a DSLR you’d geat a few years of ameture usage out of a (practicaly free they’re so cheep, even see ‘modern’ cannon/nikons onn frecycle, and older SLRS actualy seem to be apreciateing) film slr paying for films and developing, or you could even sue the cheep film mentioned above, and a scanner and still be in the black over a new DSLR.