Sigma Art 24-35mm or 50mm for a wedding?

[gramps]

I've been asked to do some photography at a wedding for a family member in the new year.
There will be an established wedding photographer for the main photos (a friend) so I'm not looking at doing the main portfolio, I've just been asked to do a covering set, including groups and 'incidental' shots (expressions, looks, children etc).

My main genre is wildlife and my camera is a Nikon D850, the main lenses for wildlife are a 200-500 f5.6 and a 300 f4 PF but I won't be using those for the wedding!

I have a Nikon 28-70 f2.8 & Nikon 80-200 f2.8 that I could use but I wondered about getting one of the Sigma Art lenses, either the 50mm f1.4 or the 24-35 f2 for better light gathering and sharpness. I know that I could make the 28-70 & 80-200 work for the type of shots I would probably go for but I am wondering if either of the two Sigma lenses would work and cut out the need for lens changes and the issue of carrying an extra lens.
Locations would not involve any extensively dark areas and I will have a flash if necessary.

Any thoughts from those who do weddings?

 

[DG Phototraining]

I shoot on a 35 / 85 combo, and having just checked a couple its about 30% on the 35 to 70% on the 85 - and mostly at f2.2

Some swear by their Art lenses but too many swear at them for me to bother buying any

If I was you I'd just stick with the mid-range zoom and crop for when 70mm isn't long enough, you have far too many pixels for a Wedding anyway

Dave

 

[SFTPhotography]

I think the 24-70 and 80-200 2.8's are perfect for you. I like the ART primes but mainly for edge to edge sharpness for landscapes - something that's incidentally less important with portraits and weddings.

 

[gramps]

Maybe I need to do some real testing of the 28-70 f2.8 to make sure it's a match for the D850 for this type of 'work'.

 

[SFTPhotography]

Maybe I need to do some real testing of the 28-70 f2.8 to make sure it's a match for the D850 for this type of 'work'.

It will be - it is a good lens and will give you bags of flexibility.

 

[Raymond Lin]

If you are only doing as a back up, stick to your 24-70/2.8 and save your money.

I personally shoot mainly 35/85 most of the time. 50% of it being the 35mm and then the other 50% is split up between 20/24/50/85/16-35 and 1 photo at 100 Macro.

35/85 for candids, if the room is too small then I would switch to 24/50. The ultra-wide for when I need to cover the photo of the whole space, or for the group shot. Dance floor is 24/35mm. I do this so I can shoot at 1.4, but you can do it all at 2.8.

This season I have been using my 50mm far more often but the 35mm is still my favourite.