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I always wonder when people ask this kind of question. Maybe you are an extremely skilled and experienced photographer, in which case you should have some idea of the focal lengths and speed you need. Just having a digital SLR does not make a wedding photographer. The industry is overrun with folks who got their dSLR last month and are advertising to shoot weddings next week. The lens is important, but other factors are so much more important.
Hopefully, you are experienced and are not planning on using someone's wedding day as a trial run.
Your Canon Rebel has a crop factor, so you will need a wide angle zoom and a moderate tele zoom at f/2.8, or a selection of primes to cover the same area. Of course, you have a backup camera body and flash. Bracket. Diffusers. Synch cords. Batteries. Several gigs memory. And you shoot RAW. Photoshop. Fast computer. Good luck.
I always wonder when people ask this kind of question. Maybe you are an extremely skilled and experienced photographer, in which case you should have some idea of the focal lengths and speed you need. Just having a digital SLR does not make a wedding photographer. The industry is overrun with folks who got their dSLR last month and are advertising to shoot weddings next week. The lens is important, but other factors are so much more important.
Hopefully, you are experienced and are not planning on using someone's wedding day as a trial run.
Your Canon Rebel has a crop factor, so you will need a wide angle zoom and a moderate tele zoom at f/2.8, or a selection of primes to cover the same area. Of course, you have a backup camera body and flash. Bracket. Diffusers. Synch cords. Batteries. Several gigs memory. And you shoot RAW. Photoshop. Fast computer. Good luck.
Lens for wedding Photography?
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I'm fairly new to photography and will be shooting a wedding in the fall. I've read that a must have lens is the 70-200mm 2.8 (mainly for the ceremony). Since i will be using a Sony A200 which is not full frame and with the sensor conversion (x1.5) this lens is actually 105-300mm. Should I still get it or make the adjustment and get a lens more like 40-135mm (somewhere around that)??
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The 70-200 mm is the "third" lens wedding photogarphers use when they are shooting the candid shots during the reception.
With as little you know about photography in general and wedding photography specifically, you really need to work as an assistant to a working professional wedding photographer before you take on such an assignment. Remember, there are no re-shoots for weddings, sports or breaking news. One of the reasons only seasoned photographers usually take on those kinds of assignments.
No matter what you may have "heard" or "read" the most used lens by wedding and other event photographers is the 24-70 mm f/2.8 and 50 mm f/1.4 or f/1.8 when using a camera like yours. If they are using a full frame camera, a 85 mm or 100/105 mm portrait lens is used instead of the 50 mm.
I did not read any mention of what external flash and flash bracket you intend to use or what backup camera you will have with you.
The 70-200 mm is the "third" lens wedding photogarphers use when they are shooting the candid shots during the reception.
With as little you know about photography in general and wedding photography specifically, you really need to work as an assistant to a working professional wedding photographer before you take on such an assignment. Remember, there are no re-shoots for weddings, sports or breaking news. One of the reasons only seasoned photographers usually take on those kinds of assignments.
No matter what you may have "heard" or "read" the most used lens by wedding and other event photographers is the 24-70 mm f/2.8 and 50 mm f/1.4 or f/1.8 when using a camera like yours. If they are using a full frame camera, a 85 mm or 100/105 mm portrait lens is used instead of the 50 mm.
I did not read any mention of what external flash and flash bracket you intend to use or what backup camera you will have with you.
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