What will you need ?

[myloplex]

What kind of canon lenses will you need for taking wedding day photos.
NOT THOSE FANCY POSES ONE But .....

Church Ceremony
Tea Reception
Dinner at hotel

Any techinical tips like filters, f-stop, shutter etc to use ?

Thanxs guys.

Using
10D + 550 EX
70-300 4/5.6 IS USM

[FiveIronFrenzy]

Bro, your lens seems too long for such events. Bring along a wide angle and a second body. Lots of batts for baody and flash too. Dress in Black. That's what my church photog does

[myloplex]

what is the recommended lense leh ??
WHy dress in black ? later I kena chased out by the brides mother .. black=bad luck ... kekek

[ST1100]

BTW, it's 75-300, right? Not 70-300.

75x1.6 is 120. Personally, i think it's way to long; esp for the tea ceremony. You've got to shoot from the neighboring block to get the whole scene in. (Anyway, it's usually crowded during the tea ceremony. Step back a bit, and some aunty/uncle will block the view.)

If you're on a budget, try the 3rd party 19-35 (<$400). If you're financially sounder, try the 16-35 (~$2.2k), the 17-40 (~$1.2k) or the Sigma 14mm (~$1.2k). The 15/2.8 fisheye can be a good wide angle alternative too, coming in at ~$1k for the Canon one.

A 50/1.4 is great too; try it at f1.8, ISO800. Should be able to get great available light candids of couple and friends at wedding reception.

[togu]

75-300?

Can shoot the wedding ring...

Myoplex, you'll need 1 wide angle like what st1100 mentioned. The 17-40 is a good start.

[myloplex]

Originally Posted by ST1100 BTW, it's 75-300, right? Not 70-300. 75x1.6 is 120. Personally, i think it's way to long; esp for the tea ceremony. You've got to shoot from the neighboring block to get the whole scene in. (Anyway, it's usually crowded during the tea ceremony. Step back a bit, and some aunty/uncle will block the view.) If you're on a budget, try the 3rd party 19-35 (<$400). If you're financially sounder, try the 16-35 (~$2.2k), the 17-40 (~$1.2k) or the Sigma 14mm (~$1.2k). The 15/2.8 fisheye can be a good wide angle alternative too, coming in at ~$1k for the Canon one. A 50/1.4 is great too; try it at f1.8, ISO800. Should be able to get great available light candids of couple and friends at wedding reception.

Thanks for your help man !
"A 50/1.4 is great too; try it at f1.8, ISO800. Should be able to get great available light candids of couple and friends at wedding reception"

such a high ISO recommended ? would it have alot of noise ?

[ST1100]

Originally Posted by myloplex Thanks for your help man ! "A 50/1.4 is great too; try it at f1.8, ISO800. Should be able to get great available light candids of couple and friends at wedding reception" such a high ISO recommended ? would it have alot of noise ?

i use ISO800 regularly for challenging lighting conditions. For 4R prints, there is no noise. If you came from the film world, you'd probably agree that the 10D print at 4R for ISO800 thrashes any film in the ISO800 class in terms of noise versus grain.

We work to different standards. At the end of the day, you have to deliver what is considered acceptable to yourself. Do a test print at the size you intend to deliver and decide if you can accept the noise at ISO800. For me, 800 is the limit; 1600 and 3200 are 'just for fun', i've never blown up any print shot at those sensitivities.

[ST1100]

Originally Posted by ST1100 ...you'd probably agree that the 10D print at 4R for ISO800 thrashes any film in the ISO800 class in terms of noise versus grain.

Oops, cannot edit. Anyway, just to clarify: what i mean is i got visible grain for 4R prints from ISO800 films, but no noise on 4R prints on ISO800 digital.

[frisky]

Originally Posted by ST1100 Oops, cannot edit. Anyway, just to clarify: what i mean is i got visible grain for 4R prints from ISO800 films, but no noise on 4R prints on ISO800 digital.

Just wondering which ISO 800 flim are you using?
I remember using the Fuji 800 flim with no significant grain.
(the profession version, not the consumer one)

[Mapman]

I will prefer a Wide-Angle lens (ie.17-40L) for the tea reception and Dinner (table-to-table shots). This is esp so with the 1.6x multiplier for the 10D.

[Jay]

I would propose to use a 24-135 such as Tamron as a general purpose lense. Try and beg, borrow or steal a 2.8 80-200 lense for the dinner shoot that you may want to capture the ambience without using flash, especially when they are on stage yum-senging!

[franciskc]

Canon L lens will do the job....

[Tweek]

I'll be having my first official wedding shoot end of the month, and I'm planning to bring the following:

1) Canon 17-40mm F4: for group wide angle shots, half-body shots, wide-angle closeups
2) Tamron 24-135mm F3.5-5.6: general purpose lens, also to provide telephoto reach lacking frm 17-40mm
3) Canon 50mm F1.8: contingency lens for low-light situations

I'll foresee myself to move quite a lot so I won't be carrying the 70-200 f2.8, which is too heavy and bulky. I'll also foresee lenses (1) and (2) to fulfill almost all my needs already, thus minimising on lens changing.

But this is coming from someone who hasn't officially taken wedding photos before, so just use it as a rough reference. If this one works out successfully, I'll use it for another wedding shoot at the end of the year.

[Tweek]

I forgot to mention the above are to be used on a DSLR body. So effective focal length covered is 28-200mm, enough for a wedding.