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Originally Posted by hokkers999
I'd recommend that you seriously consider forgetting the whole idea. To even consider shooting a wedding on a point & shoot is ludicrous. More to the point you're not doing the bride & groom any favours.
As for price, that doesn't even come close to even buying a decent flash gun for christ's sake. The last lens I bought cost £950, you read it right just for the lens.
How are you going to proof and print them, don't please say you're going to use your £50 ink jet....
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I would agree so some point, I would be very worried if my wedding photographer had an 9600, to the point of asking if they knew what they were doing. But no one in the right mind should be thinking of spending that amount (4 figures) unless they are enthusiasts or know exactly what they are doing (or simple just loaded).
To be a wedding photographer you need to know exactly what you are doing, and point and clickers can only do so much.
I went for a D40x to see if photography is for me without spending stupid amounts to gamble on if I like it or not (or could learn) Even though after all the bits and bobs I didn't have much change from about £700. I'd rather have something to learn with than a point and clicker and feel like I have some control over what I want, then I can have the satisfaction knowing what I have is my own doing to some extent.
For an introduction to photography a mid price dSLR these days are a good investment to start with, to start thinking about making money (weddings etc) you need to be sure and very experienced and you can't get that from a point and clicker.
(Saying that, I took a 'candid' shot of my friends wedding and they actually used that (blown up and black and white) as their main wedding pic, and this was a bog standard digi cam 3 years ago. Pure luck).