I have been shooting weddings for about 10 years now. The camera that I use is a canon 60d and a 50d always have two cameras even a point and shoot will work in a spot. Cameras break. After many years of service my 10d just gave out. As far as brands I have seen great works from Canon, Nikon,Sony and Lumix (When I worked on my Canon 10d I found parts stamped with Sony name on them????) Wacth your lighting and white balance it might not show up on your display screen but it will in your pictures. Invest in a off camera flash and a good flash. Be careful of shadows they will kill a shot. The lenes that I use is a Sigma 10 to 20 zoom, Canon 50mm fixed, canon 50 to 200, and a canon 20 to 35. But to start I would start with a good kit lens and a 75 to 300 lens. Don't invest a lot of money at first then decide. And get ready for the Digi Moms as you do more Weddings you will understand who the digi moms are. Good luck, have fun and enjoy.

I shoot some with a 60d it is a great camera I am confussed why they said they couldn't in large it for you. You can always use corel or photoshop to resize your photos. I have inlarged many photos with the 50d and even the 10d hope this help Dave