When I was shooting film for weddings, I had the fisheye zoom. I found it to be useful for about 2 or 3 shots in the whole wedding. And if I had not shown those images, the client wouldn't have noticed.
These days, shooting digital APS-C, the 16-50/2.8 and 50-135/2.8 are the perfect pair for focal length and size to do weddings. The old 70-200/2.8's are big and heavy and difficult to hand hold for long periods of time. I rarely have need or desire to go wider than 16mm rectilinear when shooting weddings. I side with Paul that if you don't have the 16-50/2.8, rent it instead of the fisheye. You'll use it about 200:1 compared to the fisheye. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, March 6, 2009, 6:18:04 AM, you wrote: PS> But you lose FOV and image quality. When rectilinear super wide is PS> what's needed, a rectilinear lens is the best choice. PS> Paul PS> On Mar 6, 2009, at 7:50 AM, William Robb wrote: >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allison Trueman" >> Subject: Re: Damage Waiver for Lens Rental? >> >> >> >>> It is just for the effects photos. I have actually met with a few >>> couples before who wondered why I didn't have anything in my >>> portfolio with a fisheye at the back of the church during the >>> ceremony. They do also have the 12-24 or the Sigma 10-20 >>> available, but my friend/2nd shooter has that range covered with >>> her D700. Since the couple has a beautiful location for the >>> ceremony and reception, and because they are an attractive couple, >>> I really want to use this wedding to expand my portfolio. The >>> lensbaby is going along too... >>> >> >> You can defish images that you want straight in post processing, so >> the fisheye isn't as limiting as it is being made out to be. >> >> William Robb >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. PS> -- PS> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PS> [email protected] PS> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net PS> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
