F4 or F2.8 ?

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My Brother's asked me to photograph his wedding in October. After me Umming and Aahhing for the past month and a half, i've said i would do so as a wedding gift for them. I'm aware there's alot of work involved etc,and im happy to do this for them to save them some cash for their honeymoon(hopefully i'll get a nice gift back :P).

I'm going to be hiring 1/2 lenses for the job and borrowing a camera from a friend for the day. However,i'm not 100% sure which aperture to go for on the lens side of thing's. The lenses im looking at are 24-70 f2.8 or 17-40 f4. And a 70-200 f4/2.8. I'm swaying towards the 24-70 2.8 and the 70-200 f4(mainly because i want to try before i buy but also because i dont think i can afford the 2.8 version to hire),but im curiously wondering if 24mm on a cropped sensor would be wide enough.
Im not sure on the light situation in the venue,i'm going to check tomorrow, im just curious on people opinions and or what they would do?
 
i wouldnt do it you should be enjoying the wedding as well and if it goes wrong?
 
you will need a wider lens than 24mm on a cropped sensor. theres plenty of times you will get shoved into a tight confignment when you need to go as wide as you can. you should get away with the f4 too just so long as its not "too" dark and your camera controls iso well... also i question the need for a 70-200mm lens, mine rarely comes out the bag on a wedding shoot, only really gets used in the evening for shooting across the reception when speeches are being done.
you say you are borrowing a camera from a friend? this could be quite dodgy? is it a camera you know? does it shoot the same as yours? i think you are better off just using your own camera and swapping between lenses when you need it. ive done a few weddings using 2 different bodies and the 2nd body very rarely got used and was a bit of a pig when it came to editing. unless you just want to keep the 2nd body as a back up in case anything goes wrong with your own. but if you do make sure you spend sometime getting used to the camera and where all the "needed" settings are and that you are working in the same colour profile......
 
24mm 1.4 prime and 35mm 1.4 also good for shots that are not full body length on cropped body. You can get really nice full body length images too but you will have to plan them as the distance you need could allow other people to get between you and your subject. shoot between 2.8 and 4.0 for a nice DoF (smaller aperture for full length and group shots as you'll further away), minimal flash required if any at <=2.8. Use single point focus and place the focus point on the eye of the subject Only caution is that after you use a L series prime you will "have" to have one....... or two..... look at a DoF calculator to get familiar with your ranges before you go so you have some idea of DoF at a given distance
 
Having just got the 70-200 f2.8 on hire I would defo go for that.

Focus speed (on 5D2), dof and IS (200mm @1/10sec easy) would be ideal dark churches and candids at reception

Hope this helps

Rob
 
I'd go for the Ef-s 17-55 f2.8 IS and the 135L f2.

Good luck anyway John :thumbs:


Andy
 
Yes I'd go for the 17-55 too. the 70-200 i think you would only use in say a church from distance if you cant use flash. 90% of your shots will come from the 17-55. Nothing wrong with having 2 cameras on the day - if so I personally would stick something longer on it but wouldn;t spend £££s on it. If you go on you tube there are loads of hints and tips from pros about what to use and when. Thesnapchick is worth checking out!
 
Cheer's for the advise guys, i'll have a check on youtube and see whats what when i visit the venue tomorrow. As for the telephoto, it's something i'll sum up the options tomorrow. I might still hire one as a try before i buy sort of thing and take a few days extra with it :P

At the moment due to your suggestions is the 17-55 2.8 but im not ruling out the 24-70 2.8. I've got a 28-105 which i'll be taking with me tomorrow and i'll judge what i might need, If that makes sence? Obviously theres a hude difference between 17,24 and 28. So i'll let you's know tomorrow once i've been up :)
 
Go for a prime indoors, even the 50mm f/1.8. Outdoors, 70-200mm f4 (ideally IS) is perfect.
 
if you're the only tog, then you need a wide or UWA for group/whole wedding party shots. Ideally Tokina 11-16mm or Canon 10-22mm. The 24 won't really be wide enough for this.
 
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