Which lens for wedding photography

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27 Oct 2005 - 9:18 AM

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Chris_H

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27 Oct 2005 - 9:23 AM

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Neither both would be crap for weddings, both are far too slow.
You need the extra speed in churches where it is dark and a lot of the time you are not allowed to use flash.

Chris

Chris_H

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27 Oct 2005 - 9:29 AM

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Canon 24-70mm 2.8 is a good wedding lens, if you cant afford that then you can pick up a Canon 28-70mm 2.8 L secondhand for a much cheaper price, I have never used the 28-70mm, its the lens the 24-70mm replaced.
If you cant afford one of the canon lenses then you could go for a Sigma 2.8 version.
Without the extra speed you will miss important shots, not just indoor shots but with winter weddings it can also be dark outside very early, while you can use flash you want to try and work with the ambient light as best as you can if not the background will be very dark.

Chris

Chris_H

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27 Oct 2005 - 9:37 AM

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Never used either the sigma or the tamron and I do not know of anyone who has used one personally, but they both sound much better options and than what you were recomended.
Do you know the pro you are assisting, I assist a pro in wedding photography and he supplies evrything I need.

andyr

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27 Oct 2005 - 9:46 AM

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or alternatively:
http://www.warehouseexpress.com/photo/lenstech/tamron/2875f28.html

peterjones

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27 Oct 2005 - 9:59 AM

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Andy,

In my bag I have :

12/24 F3.5/4.5 Sigma
28/70 F2.8L Canon
70/200 F2.8L Canon
50mm F1.8 Canon
about to purchase Macro 100mm F2.8 Canon


I use the 50mm more and more, it is a very versatile lens.

I don't know much about your lens but I personally don't like a very long zoom ratio.

Hope you enjoy the experience with your wedding pro.

And WE are excellent suppliers I use them now for all my hardware.

Rgds Peter.

leeg

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27 Oct 2005 - 10:43 AM

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I took some snaps at a wedding recently using my canon 70-200 f4 lens. Great lens but again, as previously mentioned, too slow. The f2.8 in my opinion is a must. F4 would be fine outside when the sun is shining. If it's not, which in the UK is pretty likely!! then the 2.8 will come into it's own. Something I guess you find out from experience... the 70-200 has excellent range for candid stuff etc and a 50mm f1.4 etc is also needed. You only get one chance at a wedding!! something I've steered clear of :o)

nicanddi

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27 Oct 2005 - 11:36 AM

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As mentioned above if you're shooting with Canon bodies the main wedding work-horse lenses are:

24-70L F2.8
70-200L F2.8 (some like the IS vesrion but having tried both we now use only the non IS version.)

However, also in the case go a 105mm f2.8 macro (this time a third party lens from Sigma because it's blo**dy good and makes another useful portrait lens.) Together with the 17-40L F4 (used with flash indoors it's fine,) which is useful for tight spaces and large groups and of course the 50mm F1.4 for low light situations indoors.

Now some would argue that primes make sense as they can be even faster, however we're more than happy with quality of the Canon L zooms.

The main advice we'd give anyone is that photos of someone's wedding are quite literally priceless. You can't go back and re-shoot them. They have to be shot right on the day in often difficult situations with 101 things going on at once.

These images will be looked at by many people over the years so use the best glass you can afford to ensure you produce the best images you can from your equipment.

Regards,

Nic.