Anyone used a 85mm F1.8 at a wedding ?

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I really want to use this lens at an up and coming wedding im doing but im struggling to see how i can use it more than for the occasional head and shoulders portrait ?

I tested it at a wedding i was helping out with and found it an awkward length to work with.

Have others found it useable ? - it my favourite day to day lens and was hoping to use it for some of the wedding shots of the bride and groom mainly

Will use a tamron 17-50, sigma 70-300 and a nikon 50mm.

Its a small church so wont need the long reach fast glass inside and the d7000 clean high iso will help me here.
 
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I'm a Canon shooter so not sure of the sharpness of the Nikon but think it is perfectly fine. It depends on the style you want to shoot. It works out at the same filed of view as a 135mm (give or take) in full frame, which is a favorite of some and a little long for others. I personally like 85mm on either crop or full frame. Just thing outside of the box, be willing to move back and use the nice shallow DOF.
 
I have, but it was on FF for was a great focal length.
 
I use it at weddings and when I do it is on my 7d. 85 is the longest I want to go at weddings but I realise that sometimes I am too far away from the action so on a crop it works out nicely. I am used to using it for certain shots, like if I am too far away from the action, or if I just simply want to pick someone out from the sea of people.

Personally I love it.
 
When I had one, for events like weddings and corporate get-togethers I found 85mm a great length for those head & shoulder shots, capturing people's facial expression. Focal length with a wide aperture gives you nice subject/background seperation, which is useful when people have distracting backgrounds behind them.
 
Many people write it off for longer range use. The shot, although on a 5DmkII it is cropped to just tighter than the 1.5x of a D7000 so the field of view is almost exactly the same as you would get shooting normally on your camera. As you can see there is plenty of separation with this to pull subjects away from a background etc.

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