Which equipment is needed depends on the personal requirements on the one hand and on the photographic demands on the other hand. In this article we will learn in detail what makes a good camera and which factors may be important to you. It does not alway has to be the latest stuff for architectural photography! At the end, a small, inexpensive system camera combined with a wide-angle lens will meet most requirements. For ambitious photographers a tripod and possibly some filters would be added. In fact, even more equipment is not really needed, with additional material opening up further possibilities or at least making work more pleasant. In the following, an overview of different options in different price ranges will be given. This Chapter will discuss cameras only, other camera equipment is going to be discussed in the following blog posts.