and another lens for wedding?

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I'm going to a wedding as a guest in the next couple of weeks and I want to take my camera. Bride tells me that so long as there's no flash photography through the service, that's fine. "no bother" says I.

Anyway, it's a given that I'll take my 50mm f1.8 :love:

Do I take another too?

I have the kit lens (18-70mm), I have a 70-300 and a 24-200 as well as another 50mm (but that's a macro and slower than the other one).

The pictures will be just for me and I have no intention of stepping on the pro's toes (not that I could anyway.....though I suppose I could run em over? :thinking: :suspect:)

I don't want to take more than 1 spare lens and in typical MM fashion, I may consider converting a handbag to a camera bag for the occasion....

I suppose that if my hands weren't naff, I'd just take a point & shoot, but I can't use them now and tbh...I'm more comfortable (physically and creatively) using my DSLR
Any thoughts would be appriciated.
 
Nattelie, if it's for the service I'd take the 50mm. It's a faster lens than the rest and if it's dark in church it's the one that will give you the best shutter speeds. If you can get close to the b&g then you'll get some reasonable frame fillers and if you're at the back you'll be able to get some expansive images of the venue.

I would suggest that anything smaller than F4 will be too slow in church and will mean pushing the ISO further than is ideal for the camera itself.

HTH

R
 
As long as you don't mind carrying the extra weight I'd definitely carry an extra lens with you (probably the kit lens if you have a sharp copy). Inside the church isn't the only chance you'll get to take photos & you may find yourself missing a wider angle option for groups, etc.

I don't think you'll be even slightly limited by the 50mm (I pretty much only used primes for my wedding photography) but it may just give you a bit more versatility, I'd rather carry the extra weight & get the shot than want the shot but not have any means to get it.

Good luck :thumbs:
 
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