----- Original Message ----- From: "Sid Barras" Subject: Need advice from the wedding photogs-- PLease!
Sid; I presume the 35-105 is not a constant aperture zoom? If it isn't, then your backgrounds will be all over the place exposure wise as you zoom the lens back and forth, if you are using flash. This may not bother you, but for me it precludes the use of variable aperture zoom lenses with flash. I also don't like changing lenses overmuch at weddings, since invariably it is something done in a hurry, and the chance of jamming a lens or dropping it increases. If I recall, the PZ1 is a noisy beast. This can be a distraction for the wedding itself, as the motor drive happily grinds away and the AF motor whines back and forth. These two sounds seem to be picked up quite loudly by video camera microphones. A wedding I was in had the church portion of the video pretty much ruined by the noise of the officious photographer's Maxxum 9 and it's Massey Harris motor drive. For myself, I always had the best results from a lowly 50mm lens on a manual focus camera for just about everything except the portraits. William Robb > Hi Gang, > I've once again unwisely volunteered to do the pictures at the wedding of a > friend. He and she have both assured me the ceremony will be low key, etc., > etc, but he's also just informed me that almost 40 relatives from her home > country of Belize will be here on Saturday-- so I do feel somewhat pressured > to make sure everything goes well. > > I also have just realized that I no longer have a 28-70 2.8 lens, having > sold the one I had do to lack of use. > > Even though I have no other zoom in that range, I have several choices on > how to proceed: > > The PZ 1, with the AF 500ftz so that I can have the best possible range of > power and TTL Flash possibilities, and if I go that route, my choices of AF > lenses would be: > the 24/2 > the 35/2, > the 50/1.7. > > The other option I was thinking of was my super program, with the AF 280T, > and in that case, I would have my SMC 35-105 zoom, and lots of manual focus > primes. I'd still get TTL flash, but not quite as powerful as the 500 ftz. > > Of course, I could still use the 35-105 on the PZ 1. > > I guess all this rambling should be condensed to: should I use the zoom > lens, or maybe I'd do fine with 3 or 4 primes that I could switch around... > I'm thinking the necessity of having to use manual focus should not be a > problem, since my subjects won't be moving too fast to not be able to get > them focused... > > Just hoping not to screw this up... > > Oh, by the way, I'm thinking of using Portra 400 VC instead of NC. Any > comments on film, too? > > Regards, > Sid B > > >
