>What is the essential equipment for a beginner
>to have to start SMD placement.

A very fine tip soldering iron, preferably with adjustable temperature
control.

A pair of tweezers, preferably the sort with "normally closed" jaws, rather
than the "normally open" type commonly available. The "normally closed" type
allow you to hold components without having to think about keeping the
tweezers closed. If you use the "normally open" type, then the effort of
holding the component with just the right amount of pressure leads to a
situation where it is all to easy to twist the jaws sending the component
flying to where you will never find it :)

A good magnifier, my preference is a headband stereo magnifier of about
2.5x, an Optivisor or similar. If dealing with extremely tiny components you
may wish to get a higher magnification, but I find the larger magnifications
harder to use.

Get some very fine solder and resin.

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