Gerard Maas wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> In a few months (in the summer) I'll be shooting a friend's
> wedding. (Yeap, I've read de "amateur wedding photographer FAQ", and I
> still said yes, I actually enjoy it ;-)
>
> I did the same last year for some family (2x) and then, the deal was
> "just cover the costs". As I'm not getting paid (good insurance in case
> of something going wrong) I use to try thing on the 'victim's'
> expenses.
Have you ever tested this insurance? It might fail miserably
sometimes ;-) Do they *really* realize what could happen? Or
are they just saying "Ok, we know that something could go wrong"
and think "Hey, he's a good photographer, everything will come
out ok?"
> Just few rolls of some exotic film, lithium batteries...
> Things that I use *anyway* for their own good (and I gain the
> experience :-) ;-)
>
> For this upcoming event I was thinking of renting a 'white' lens
> (70-200f2.8 L). Not having/used one before I thought it could be nice to
> play with it while they will get (!?) better shots.
>
> REAAALLY!?
What lenses did you use before? A 70-200 zoom would be too long
as the one and only lens for a wedding IMHO.
>
> Here is where my question comes up... Without *no* experience with a
> certain equipment I'm sure I won't be able to take the best of it. Quick
> handling only comes with experience, specially true with these heavy
> lenses. On the other hand I've: better faster glas, sharper pictures
> (not without good handling!), blurry backgrounds and me falling in love
> with the whity thing (:-)
I don't think there's much of a learning curve with EF lenses. It
is not *that* big a lens to make it hard to handle, you might feel
your muscles the day after, though. :-) For outdoor portraits f/4
or even f/2.8 (might give *too* shallow a DOF, so be careful) is
great to have available.
>
> The 3rd axis is that THIS is a good chance to try it. Specially since
> the rent price here (in Belgium) is quite high and I'm normally not able
> to pay it. This said, the option "rent it before to have some
> experience" is banned. (unless some other victim appears before that,
> of course ;-) ;-)
>
> I'd like to hear your thoughts about this subject.
You have done the job before and you are still alive, so your results
were likely not too bad ;-) So I'd say: rent it! But bring the lenses
you are used to as a backup. Just in case you feel too uncomfortable
with the heavey, whity thing ;-) But I think this is unlikely to happen.
Thomas Bantel
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