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Hi all,
Just looking for some opinions from those who have experience with Nikon DSLR's for wedding photography.
I've been photographing seriously for around 7 years, and in the last few months I have decided to try my hand at wedding photography, armed with a Nikon D800 and a D610 as my main and back-up camera bodies. This weekend I shot my first wedding as the primary shooter. I had a Nikon 24-70 2.8e VR lens on the d800, with an 85mm 1.4G on the d610. Looking back at my shots from the day, I realise that in good light all shots were fine, beautiful and sharp. But as soon as the light got challenging (i.e. indoors in poor light), the d610 in particular struggled to hit focus at all. I was using the af-c mode coupled with back-button focus, which I now regret as I think AF-s would have got me more keepers. Luckily I happened to be using the d800 for the critical shots, such as first kiss, cake cutting, signing the register etc. which are fine, but its still been a massively frustrating experience, and I realise I might not be so lucky next time.
I had a second shooter (shooting with Sony A7 III's), along with me who did a fantastic job, so I will have to lean on his indoors shots heavily, which consistently nailed focus.
My question is, do others who own the d610, have similar issues?? I'm starting to think that its just not up to the demanding task of being suitable for weddings, where fast AF in fast-paced low light environments is critical, so I'm tempted to cut my losses and sell the D610, and get something like a secondhand d750 or d810 to replace it. I realise the d850 is probably the best wedding camera for Nikon at the moment, but I can't justify the cost.
Would appreciate any input. Thanks.
Just looking for some opinions from those who have experience with Nikon DSLR's for wedding photography.
I've been photographing seriously for around 7 years, and in the last few months I have decided to try my hand at wedding photography, armed with a Nikon D800 and a D610 as my main and back-up camera bodies. This weekend I shot my first wedding as the primary shooter. I had a Nikon 24-70 2.8e VR lens on the d800, with an 85mm 1.4G on the d610. Looking back at my shots from the day, I realise that in good light all shots were fine, beautiful and sharp. But as soon as the light got challenging (i.e. indoors in poor light), the d610 in particular struggled to hit focus at all. I was using the af-c mode coupled with back-button focus, which I now regret as I think AF-s would have got me more keepers. Luckily I happened to be using the d800 for the critical shots, such as first kiss, cake cutting, signing the register etc. which are fine, but its still been a massively frustrating experience, and I realise I might not be so lucky next time.
I had a second shooter (shooting with Sony A7 III's), along with me who did a fantastic job, so I will have to lean on his indoors shots heavily, which consistently nailed focus.
My question is, do others who own the d610, have similar issues?? I'm starting to think that its just not up to the demanding task of being suitable for weddings, where fast AF in fast-paced low light environments is critical, so I'm tempted to cut my losses and sell the D610, and get something like a secondhand d750 or d810 to replace it. I realise the d850 is probably the best wedding camera for Nikon at the moment, but I can't justify the cost.
Would appreciate any input. Thanks.