Great Info. I have shot weddings before for friends and relatives on a budget. (IE Free) THey always compliment me some say it's better that the pictures my sister/brother/uncle etc paid for. The 5D Mk 11 is a little pricey but still great. The 50 MM lens was already on my list.
All the friends and family see the pics and see me with the cameras and they think I am the camera/cigar guy and ask me sometimes "do you shoot weddings?" So I figured if I can shoot weddings and help it pay for quality equipment. What a win for me. If you throw in top quality customer service (which seems to be lacking in general in my humble opinion) you never know where it could head.
No pressure but let it evolve if it does. Don't dump a bunch of capital but don't be a cheap a$$ either. Course I took photog in high School/college and have Nikon D300 I can use pretty much any time I like.
Hey it's a start.