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<blockquote data-quote="snaphappy" data-source="post: 215058" data-attributes="member: 12198"><p>Panther JMHO but if your wife is interested in photography she should be the one researching and choosing the gear.&nbsp; If my hubby posted this and chose my gear I'd appreciate the thought but I'd conk him over the head anyways!!&nbsp; I can't imagine anyone who's responded to you having a significant other choose their gear for them.&nbsp; I've always gone by the theory that you really only truly appreciate the things you have worked for so when I wanted to learn more than auto on a camera I did the work choosing the camera that worked for me.&nbsp; I came to this site pretty sure I wanted the 5XXX and some lenses because I thought the 7000 too much for me.&nbsp; I went with the 7000 and I have enjoyed every moment learning to use it.&nbsp; If you want to give her a gift that she'll truly appreciate give her a gift card, a class and links to help her choose her own gear.&nbsp; Once she picks the camera, plays with the kit lens and takes a class learning the exposure triangle and composition she will know which gear she would make the most use of.&nbsp; Once she gets involved in the hobby you'll find gift giving very easy as I'm sure there will be many things she'd love to add to her camera bag but she'll let you know what those are <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="snaphappy, post: 215058, member: 12198"] Panther JMHO but if your wife is interested in photography she should be the one researching and choosing the gear. If my hubby posted this and chose my gear I'd appreciate the thought but I'd conk him over the head anyways!! I can't imagine anyone who's responded to you having a significant other choose their gear for them. I've always gone by the theory that you really only truly appreciate the things you have worked for so when I wanted to learn more than auto on a camera I did the work choosing the camera that worked for me. I came to this site pretty sure I wanted the 5XXX and some lenses because I thought the 7000 too much for me. I went with the 7000 and I have enjoyed every moment learning to use it. If you want to give her a gift that she'll truly appreciate give her a gift card, a class and links to help her choose her own gear. Once she picks the camera, plays with the kit lens and takes a class learning the exposure triangle and composition she will know which gear she would make the most use of. Once she gets involved in the hobby you'll find gift giving very easy as I'm sure there will be many things she'd love to add to her camera bag but she'll let you know what those are :) [/QUOTE]

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