----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Loveless" Subject: Re: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation
>> Ferget multiple lenses. Keep your equipment to a minumum. Personally, I'd >> recommend just a standard lens. It'll keep you from being caught flat >> footed, by having a lens off the camera when something happens, or from >> wedging a lens when trying to change it quickly. > > I can do that. By "standard lens" I'm assuming you mean a 28-80 zoom > or something similar. Or did you mean a 50? I'm not sure I could do > an entire wedding with a 50. Some might be able to, but I doubt I > could make it look good. I tend to treat zooms like as if they have leprosy. I've made a couple of exeptions in the recent past to get focal lengths that I want, but there are too many compromises in zoom lensrs to allow me to love them. If you are shooting digital, something in the 28-35mm range should be your do everything lens, perhaps add something longer to do individual portraits with. The 50mm focal length is a tad short, but very workable as a portrait length lens on digital. If you are going to insist on using a zoom, try for one that has a fixed aperture to keep your flash shots looking the same from FL to FL William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
