I have to concur. I personally like primes better, but - when I was shooting 67II's for weddings, all I had were primes. It was very difficult at times to get the shots needed and timing of things - having to switch lenses so often.
On digital for weddings I now shoot an A 35-105/3.5, DA 16-45/4 and A 70-210/4. It has made things much easier and coverage is a better with less work. -- Bruce Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 6:39:27 AM, you wrote: pcn> I wouldn't try to shoot an event like a party or wedding pcn> without a zoom. At any size 11 x14 or smaller, there's no visible pcn> difference between a shot taken with the FA35/2 and one taken pcn> with the DA 16-45/4. I used the latter at the reception of the pcn> wedding I recently shot. It was perfect, and I needed a variety pcn> of focal lengths. At the ceremony, I used the DA 16-45/4 on one pcn> camera and the DA 50-200/4.5-5.6 on the other. I had to shoot pcn> available light in this venue (a courtroom), and both lenses pcn> worked well. I used the longer one on the K10D so that I'd have pcn> shake reduction. Although I shot excluisively with primes for my pcn> first 25 years of photography, I now consider zooms indispensible pcn> and quite good. A single focal length at a reception could pcn> exclude shots like large tables and even big groups. pcn> Paul pcn> -------------- Original message ---------------------- pcn> From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Scott Loveless" Subject: Re: OT - Wedding photography advice >> solicitation >> >> >> >> Ferget multiple lenses. Keep your equipment to a minumum. Personally, I'd >> >> recommend just a standard lens. It'll keep you from being caught flat >> >> footed, by having a lens off the camera when something happens, or from >> >> wedging a lens when trying to change it quickly. >> > >> > I can do that. By "standard lens" I'm assuming you mean a 28-80 zoom >> > or something similar. Or did you mean a 50? I'm not sure I could do >> > an entire wedding with a 50. Some might be able to, but I doubt I >> > could make it look good. >> >> I tend to treat zooms like as if they have leprosy. I've made a couple of >> exeptions in the recent past to get focal lengths that I want, but there are >> too many compromises in zoom lensrs to allow me to love them. >> If you are shooting digital, something in the 28-35mm range should be your >> do everything lens, perhaps add something longer to do individual portraits >> with. The 50mm focal length is a tad short, but very workable as a portrait >> length lens on digital. >> If you are going to insist on using a zoom, try for one that has a fixed >> aperture to keep your flash shots looking the same from FL to FL >> >> William Robb >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
