A good discussion, pity one or two people went overboard in IMHO.
When buying equipment like this , only the person buying can say what they can offord and when. it is no good other people saying that they should wait untill they can offord better stuff, as the person will never get into the hobbie. You have to start somewhere.
You buy what you can offord and use it for a while, either you are happy with it or you can upgrade at a later stage. Which means that you will sell it on the second hande market, so that someone else can either upgrade or start in the hobbie.