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Quick question, just curiosity really but...

Why does every one say shoot a wedding on a full frame (5d/1ds) as a pose to a 1d?
 
I'm guessing better light/ISO performance.

I shot a wedding with a D90, D80 and only 2 lenses. Some go overboard and need 2 cases to carry the gear :D Of course, I'm not a pro, and was doing it as a gift for my sister. But, she was delighted with the results, and so was I. that's all that matters in the end.
 
Why shoot full frame?

Better image quality.
Better low-light performance.
Shallower depth of field.
 
Bambi Cantrell used to use 1DmkIII and I believe 1DIIn bodies before that, not sure what she is using that now thought. If you don't know who she is, she is a love her or hate her kind of person, but right at the top in US wedding photography.

I choose to use full frame, although I have my 1DmkIII with me as back up just in case.
 
because they believe the equipment will bail out their shortcomings. Hint... what were they shooting 3-5 years ago, and have brides changed in-between?
 
Yes seriously

and here is another question....why do they not shoot 'blads then?
 
because they believe the equipment will bail out their shortcomings. Hint... what were they shooting 3-5 years ago, and have brides changed in-between?

Brides haven't changed, but standards have.

If you want to shoot with high ISO in low light, if you want shallow DoF effects, or if you want to sell large pin sharp canvas prints, then full frame will do those things better than a rival photographer shooting on a smaller format.
 
Agree with HoppyUK.

Some of the images on this site: http://www.storybyphoto.com/storybyphoto_nomusic.html
have been there for a long time, (when Gino was using a Canon 20D), so it should still be possible for a photographer to use an ancient cropped frame camera today. However, limiting your limitations with a more modern (FF) camera has benefits as Hoppy has outlined.

As for a 'Blad'... Never used MF before, but I guess that many modern wedding photographers also looks at ease of lugging their equipment around and I would imagine a Blad with a digi back (or even a film back for that matter) is heavier and/or more cumbersan than something like a Canon 5D2 which is a great camera for todays wedding 'tography.
 
Brides haven't changed, but standards have.

If you want to shoot with high ISO in low light, if you want shallow DoF effects, or if you want to sell large pin sharp canvas prints, then full frame will do those things better than a rival photographer shooting on a smaller format.

What he said...

Yes seriously

and here is another question....why do they not shoot 'blads then?

Also, I find it somewhat off (for want of a better word) that you've made the assumption that 5D shooters need to disguise their short comings

Technology constantly improves, expectations change, fashions & styles change
 
Just to clarify

Firstly, I dont give a hoot what people shoot with, its the results that count.

Secondly, I am fairly anti the "prescriptive sorts of comment" where for example people say "you need full frame to shoot a wedding" quite frankly, you dont, and a couple of years ago, the facility wasn't really an option

Thirdly, Like most people who shoot for a living, I see my gear as a tool that needs to pay for itself, and in the next round of cameras I buy, I will do what I always do and buy what I need, which doesn't always mean "the best money can buy"

I do agree that if you want to sell huge prints & canvases having a camera that produces a bigger cleaner file is advantageous, I do wonder how many people are actually selling such prints in enough volumes to justify a camera choice

Nowadays the whole ISO question has been covered in both crop and full frame cameras

My tongue in cheek observation about 'blads is that apart form the ISO issue, they comprehensively cover off all of the other reasons why FF is "better" (and some)
 
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