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Hi can anyone recommend a sharp lens for shooting line ups at wedding.
I have a NIkon d70. Was thinking about the sigma 10-20 but i am not sure if this will distort people. Dont want to make the relatives look fat...

Anyway Merry Chrsitmas everyone
 
Why on earth would you use a wide angle. I am assuming you will be taking full frame portraits? I use a 50mm 1.8 and a friends 85mm 1.4 and an old Praktica MTL3 with a Carl Zeiss 50mm 1.8 (recently fixed) to remind me of the olden days.

If you are shooting groups then the wideangle could be handy but for anyhting else the above is ideal.

If you are going t be buying a lens then consider the Sima 30mm f1.4. Acts a standard lens on a cropped sensor and the results are outstanding. Just dont use f1.4 if you are not too sharp on focusing,...

King.

EDIT: Just read the post less hang over style. Yes if you are shooting lineups then a wide angle oculd be handy,... otherwise a standard zoom should do.

EDIT 2: Try something different though, to line up and stand there like planks is very amatuerish. Try and apply something different. Compose your shot using the people available, you will get much better results.
 
The 10-20 is the wrong lens unless you have a large group and are trying to do something very artistic!

A working range from anywhere from 40-85mm would be what most photographers would use for the majority of shots although other lengths are used to achieve a particular look/effect.

HTH
 
I've used the 10-20 at a wedding and the results were not pleasing, it got everyone in a large group in but those on the outside were distorted (to my eye at least)
 
I know somebody who uses 2 Nikon DSLR bodies.
Lenses: 10.5mm fisheye, 17-35mm, 50mm, 85mm and 70-200mm.

Thanks,

Paul
 
I covered weddings for years using a 28-80mm which I used for the bulk of the shots, a 50mm standard for those limited DOF shots, and a 24mm prime for the larger groups and for encompassing larger interiors. That was with film, so anything wider than about a 24mm equivalent in digital is just asking for trouble with distortion. :)
 
i'm also quite interested in this, as a mate from work asked me to take some photo's at his wedding,so what would be the best digital camera len's to use given the crop factor of using full frame, which i still don't really fully understand, and what exclusively digital camera lens's are available for nikon ??
 
thailand tel said:
i'm also quite interested in this, as a mate from work asked me to take some photo's at his wedding,so what would be the best digital camera len's to use given the crop factor of using full frame, which i still don't really fully understand, and what exclusively digital camera lens's are available for nikon ??
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Have a read of these articles, which explain it all pretty well. The first link has info on Nikon lenses too.

http://www.millhouse.nl/digitalcropfactorframe.html

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/dslr-mag.shtml

http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/digital-crop-factor.html
 
Good 50mm on film was always a good call to me.

Longer and you need to stand way back....Shorter and the folks on the sides become distorted.

On D-SLRs approximately 35mm will give you the film 50mm equivalent.
 
The Perfect Wedding Companion according to myself. Personally use it from f2.8 upwards as the limited DOF can be dangerous while shooting weddings if your focusing isnt rock solid. At f1.4 you have to be pretty precise and the viewfinder on the D50 isnt the best. If you have a D80 and upwards it will be easier I would assume.
 
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