Reddit mentions of Nikon SB-700 AF Speedlight Flash for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras, Standard Packaging

With the right lenses, she would be quite capable of taking photos in low light, even without a 5D. e.g. http://i.imgur.com/pQ79X.jpg

From what I've read in this thread, for random wedding shooting, and with an unlimited budget, I recommend that you get the following setup:

Nikon d7000 - 1.5 pounds - $1000

with 17-55mm f2.8 - 1.7 pounds - $900

and a 50mm f1.4 - 9 oz - $400

Also get a speedlight like this one. (But use it sparingly, especially during the ceremony... the photographer being paid to shoot can use a flash, but if everyone in the audience is using a flash, it might ruin the moment.. it is good to have a flash for the afterparty though.)

Also $200 of spare batteries and spare memory cards.

In the box:

• Fenix PD32UE flashlight
  
• 
  Ray-Ban 3025 Aviator Polarized sunglasses
  
• 
  Zippo Slim circa 1960
  
• 
  Nite-Ize S-Biner with County Comm Titanium Widgy Pry Bar / Ti split rings
  
  
• Leatherman Skeletool CX
  
• Saddleback I.D. Wallet
  
• LGE Nexus 5
  
• Pilot Precise V7 RT pen
  
• Clairefontaine pocket notebook
  
• Klipsch Image S4i Rugged
  
• Spyderco Techno pocketknife
  
  The camera pictured is my beater/backup, a Nikon D7000 with a Nikon 35mm F/1.8G AF-S DX lens. These were all taken with the camera I use on assignment - a Nikon D800 with a Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G AF-S lens, an SB700 speedlight and a Rogue Small Flashbender.
  
  I leave the D800 at home when I'm not working, but I keep the D7000 in my car or on my person pretty much all the time. Everything else here goes almost everywhere with me.

SB700 in that case: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0042X9L6A/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469775835&sr=8-1&pi=SX200_QL40&keywords=Sb700&dpPl=1&dpID=41PBaWYD2dL&ref=plSrch

• Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
  
• External flash. I use the SB-700 and love it.
  
• Nikkor 35mm f/1.8
  
• Shoot in A priority

En ce moment tu as des bons prix pour le Nikon sb700 , c'est un très bon flash cobra milieu de gamme, qui sera très bon pour des photos de soirées.

Le sb500, plus récent, a bonne réputation aussi. Mais il est moins puissant, moins complet, et le temps de rafraichissement entre chaque photo est bien plus long (2 piles aa contre 4 je crois).

Pour les autres marques compatibles Nikon je ne sais pas.

Tips : pour du portrait, essaye de faire rebondir le flash sur un mur clair ou le plafond plutôt que de flasher directement dans la tête du modèle. Tu peux ajouter un petit diffuseur avec une carte de visite si le flash n'en a pas d'intégré pour rééclairer le visage et les yeux. Même principe qu'un réflecteur intégré.

Pour les piles je te conseille dans tous les cas les Eneloop Pro noires, elles sont top. Si tu peux avoir un chargeur de pile intelligent qui te permet de recharger lentement tes accus c'est parfait, elles dureront très longtemps.

In general, they're right; you should invest in lenses over cameras.

The question you need to answer, before you go on, is "Am I going to upgrade to a full-frame (FX) camera body, or stick with my current crop-sensor (DX) body?". In general, FX has some advantages; larger sensor means you can go wider-angle, and have a higher dynamic range. But it also means you're going to spend 2-5x as much for lenses -- it is much cheaper to manufacture lenses for DX bodies than FX bodies.

In general, for people in your situation, I strongly recommend staying with a DX body for the time being. You will be able to get 95% of the same effect for 30% of the cost.

Your current kit is the two kit lenses, 18-55 and 55-200. If you want to upgrade, I would strongly recommend getting a few fast, high quality primes: the 35mm 1.8 DX is excellent for most "normal" uses (it has about the same angle of view as your eyes), and the 85mm 1.8 is excellent for portraits including for the yearbook you mentioned. Your 55-200, set all the way at 200mm, is also a fine portrait lens.

The other thing that you need, if you don't have one already, is a hotshoe flash like the SB500 or SB700. Better lighting will improve the quality of portraits much more than better lenses will.

You've got good taste in lusting after a fixed tele zoom, and both the FL ED and VRII are great. But for the purpose you described, either of those lenses is like trying to swat a fly with a sledgehammer. And an expensive one, too.

Well it's on my other wishlist (where I keep all the pricey stuff and gift ideas for my kids). A Nikon Speedlight

See if the couple would be willing to help you buy some gear. Just so you know most flashes that can do what the V860II does cost 3x as much. Get one and put it on top of your camera at a minimum. If you hate it, you'll probably make money Craigslisting it.

just a possible combo, with used prices from amazon:

• Nikon D7000 - 900
  
  
• sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 OS HSM - 410
  
  
• Nikon 35mm f/1.8 - 160
  
  
• Nikon SB-700 - 280
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  $1750

get a speed light, and maybe a shoot through umbrella and flash stand
yongnuo canon Nikon

I finally want to invest in a flash for my Nikon D90. What are your thoughts on the Nikon SB-700? I am an amateur photog and I want something that I can grow into.