When you talk about the quality, if you are trying to shoot generic porn, you are not only up against the big boys with big budgets, but you are also competing against a slick and polished product.
I think to begin with you are much better off trying to start out within a micro niche. That way you can present yourself and a genuine fan whos had a go at producing your own stuff and the excuses not having top end equipment to do it with...
I did a guide some time ago - dunno if you ever saw it, but its
HERE if you want to read it...
Although its old now, the principles haven't changed much - However where I talk a lot about forums, that's not so much the case these days, however what you could do now, that I could do then was to just blast my stuff all over social media. It didn't really exist back then..