Where did you get that information? I can barely understand that it might be popular with fashion photographers (they'll try and/or do anything to be different) but I cannot figure out where a wedding photographer would find a use for any 200mm lens.

I worked as an assistant to a wedding photographer back when I was in college (longer ago that I'd like to remember) and more than 90% of our shots were with the slightly wider than normal 90mm lens (on a 6x7 Koni-Omega). We'd shoot a few portraits with a 150mm on a Hasselblad, but never anything longer.

With the change to 35mm, I can't imagine using lenses longer than 85-100mm for anything. In addition, I really can't imagine investing the money for a lens as expensive as the EF 200mm f/1.8 to be used for as few shallow-depth-of-field shots as you might want to take in the average wedding. A very bad business decision on the part of the wedding photographer.

In addition, it was really only the digital era that drove medium format out of the wedding business and most wedding photographers that I know are using 10D-20D-30D (NOT 1D or 1Ds) so the 200/1.8 becomes a 320/1.8, even LESS useful for wedding photographer.

Mr. Bill



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Sorry but the 200 1.8 did sell and sold very well to the fashion industry and wedding photographers.
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