salvador_morales1

@Michael Linn - I just wanted to be prepared and know what to look for when sales start to appear closer to Christmas.

<p>Hello,<br> As the title suggests, I want to buy my wife a camera for Christmas. She's still pretty new to photography, but is going to school for it. She wants to be a wedding photographer. As such, I would like to get her something that will last her awhile until her next upgrade. I would like to get her a camera body and one lens for as much under $1000 as possible.<br> From my research, pretty much every wedding photographer uses a full frame camera. However, the prices just for the body alone usually are over budget. While it's a DX Crop sensor, I've read some wonderful articles about the the Nikon D7100. It's even featured in wedding kits I've seen as a backup camera. My thinking is that I can get her a D7100 to use for a while until her inevitable FX jump, and then the D71000 can become her backup. Would this be feasible for wedding shoots as a backup photographer at least? She has some gigs lined up already for next year. Also, what would be a good starting lens to get with this in mind. Obviously, we'll expand out to a few more lens later, but for now I need a good all-purpose lens for her to play with until then. As we expand, should we focus on FX lenses?<br> TLDR - Is a Nikon D7100 sufficient for wedding work, and what starting lens?</p>