I have received a few inquiries about tips regarding wedding photography camera equipment. I didn’t get to much help when I first started out, and I had to learn the hard way, so I was thinking why not share some of my experiences. If you have a question you can ask me too!
Omair wants to know where I got my 28-70mm and the 24-70mm lenses and what I think about them.
Answer: I was lucky. I got the 28-70mm 2.8 lens for $800 and my 24-70mm 2.8 for a little bit over $1000. To tell you the truth the 28-70mm (at least my copy) is equally good if no better and cheaper! Both are very sharp, the contrast and saturation are quite impressive. They are great for walk around lenses but they are widely used by wedding photographers.
You can blur out a lot in the background if you open them up on a full frame camera. It is quiet useful for weddings because it they are fast. Mounted on a Canon 5D Mark II they perform very well at higher ISO. If you can come across a used Canon 28-70mm 2.8, buy it! It is much cheaper and equally good as the newer 24-70mm 2.8. You wont’ miss the extra 4mm at the wide end. I have never noticed the difference. My wife usually takes the 24-70mm with her and I use the old 28-70mm. I don’t care. They are the same with different price tag. I hope it helps. Happy shooting!
Yves asked me the following questions:
I just bought the 5DMK2, great camera, I have some questions:
1, – do you use maximum resolution and raw or sraw 1, cause photos take a lot of space
2, – at the moment I only have primes, in movie mode, you choose live and push “af-on” to autofocus, at first sight it isn’t so easy filming
3, – I have the 85 1.2L & 135 2.0L, i’m thinking of selling the 135L, but on the other hand it complementary with the 85 1.2 with slow AF
4, – maybe i buy a 100-400L instead of a 135L for more range but I doubt using it much, do you have this one ?
5, – normally I’m going to buy the older 28-70 2.8L as standardzoom (better than 24-70 2.8L & 24-105 concerning sharpness & vignetting) you know this lens ?
6, – the 17-40 is not so good after all, I saw you sold it?
Thanks for the info!
Best regards,
Yves
1 – Yes I do use the maximum resolutions for wedding photography. When I am with my family I do shoot in JPEG though a lot of times. When I know that the lighting situation will be difficulet (i.e. I take my kids toi the beach, we go to a park in the middle of the day, etc) I do use smaller raw settings.%
I found ever word of this to be extremely helpful!! You guys are great! Thanks! Belinda
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