Advice needed

[Norman]

Hello everyone

I have not been as frequent a poster on the forum as i would have liked due to illness and an old injury that has become a problem, i have a damaged bone in my neck and although i am quite well and can still use my Camera i have been told i must stop the use of very heavy lenses altogether, to that end i have recently sold my beloved 200-400 afs vr lens that has given me so much enjoyment over the years and have also sold my D3s as i have the D800e and find i am no longer using the D3s

My questions are

I need a reasonable telephoto lens and am thinking of the new 80-400 afs vr lens i have read reviews and watched utube vids and think it is a good option, does anyone disagree or offer an alternative,

Also i would like to purchase a smaller DSLR for my wife, and was leaning towards a D7100, she has used a friends D600 and di not like the focussing for some reason but i again have read a lot about it and would like some of your opinions if you have the time

I have done a few searches here and people seem happy with both items i mentioned above so i am probably being a bit of a procrastinator but welcome advice

Cheers