Wedding lens configuration....

philthejuggler

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Hi all!

Advice appreciated! Just added a few lenses to the arsenal and considering rationalising at the same time. I shoot weddings with twin FF bodies - mostly with the 50/1.2 on one and a 35/2 on the other. I have a 70-200 f/2.8 for candids and some couple shots. I also have a 16-35 for huge groups and landscape / environmental portraits.

I also have a 24-105 which sees very little use, although I have used it for convenience during weddings with lots of group shots when the size of the group is changing radically shot to shot.

I'm tempted to ditch the 24-105 - excellent lens, but under-utilised. What do others use for group shots - just shove on the prime and foot-zoom? Still got the 16-35 for huge groups if needed!

Thanks in anticipation

Phil
 
TBH I love my 24-105 for weddings :)
 
Can't go wrong with 24-70mm. For me, I use my nikon 28-70 f2.8 on one body and the 85mm f1.4 on the other body. Depend on situation I may switch to 70-200 f2.8 and wide angle zoom.
 
philthejuggler said:
II'm tempted to ditch the 24-105 - excellent lens, but under-utilised. What do others use for group shots - just shove on the prime and foot-zoom? Still got the 16-35 for huge groups if needed!
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This won't surprise you at all, but amongst our customers who are hiring lenses for weddings the single most popular lens is the 24-70mm f/2.8. The Canon Mk II is absolutely excellent, but it's also expensive which I guess is why people hire it.
 
StewartR said:
This won't surprise you at all, but amongst our customers who are hiring lenses for weddings the single most popular lens is the 24-70mm f/2.8. The Canon Mk II is absolutely excellent, but it's also expensive which I guess is why people hire it.
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Yes - I had this lens but I found that I was better with a faster (50mm 1.2) prime and then the greater range of the 24-105. The 24-70II is stonking though!
 
70-200 usually, 35 if I"m tight for space and 14-24 when we're doing something fun and funky. I wasn't a fan of Nikon 24-70 for groups, partly due to the distortion at wider focal lengths and softening towards the edges/corners of the frame.
 
I got a 35 f2, 50 f1.4 and 85 f1.8 for using at weddings until I ended up with a 24-70 f2.8L II and now this gets used for 80% of the shots. I usually use that on a 5D3 and then alternate a 70-200 f2.8 L II, 100 L macro and 17-40 f4 L on a 6D for just about everything else. The 17-40 for large crowd shots hardly ever gets used though and the 100 macro for ring shots and some portrait shots. The 70-200 takes the longer candids etc. but the primes hardly ever come out these days.
 
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