70-200 f4L?

[j-dogg]

Thought about making the upgrade, photography has been keeping my bills paid and I've thought about stepping up to some L glass with my tax return. Got a wedding I'm doing soon.

I'm shooting on a Digital Rebel XTi, 35mm Elan 7e and EOS 650. comments? I know some people on this board have this lens.

 

[JasonLambert]

I hope that you are not thinking about shooting weddings with the Rebel/f4 combo... Do me a favor and pick up your camera... Go ahead, I'll wait... ... .. .. . . Now, take a shot of something in the room... .. .. .. . . . What happened? Did you have to turn lights on? Was the shutter speed so slow that you couldn't get a crisp image? How about the noise from having to crank you ISO up in your consumer grade DSLR? Were you able to get a usable... No.... Marketable image?

I'm not trying to be rude... But until you get the correct equipment and some weddings (as second shooter) under your belt you have no business risking the memories of a couples special day.

Just call me the Simon Cowell of wedding photography... lol

 

[tirediron]

I only speak a little bit of Canon, and can't comment on the high-ISO capabilties of that body (You really need a body that will produce useable images at ISO 1600.), but I will say that IMO, a f4 lens is too slow for a lot of indoor wedding work. The 2.8 version is a few more dollars, but in the long run (and these are long-term purchases) I think you will appreciate that extra stop.

 

[Dao]

Maybe OP main camera are the film cameras and the digital one is the backup. So noise is not a big issue. His signature even said "The film guy".

He can load one camera with film that is high ISO/ASA ... well what do I know ... But I do love B/W photos with film grains.

 

[cedew]

I had the IS version a while back, optically identical to the non-IS I believe, it's a great lightweight lens. The f/4 will hurt you, shooting at f/2.8 often isn't enough, and with your ISO maxed out, you have nowhere left to go. It's been a little while since I had the XTi, but ISO1600 was totally usable if I remember correctly. Shooting indoors at 70mm, f/4, ISO1600...that's probably not going to get you a good shutter speed, or a good keeper percentage. You'll probably be at shutter speeds lower than your focal length. For anything outside during the day you'll be fine. I don't know what other lenses you have, but an 85/1.8 and 35/2 might be a good budget combo.

 

[j-dogg]

Maybe OP main camera are the film cameras and the digital one is the backup. So noise is not a big issue. His signature even said "The film guy".

He can load one camera with film that is high ISO/ASA ... well what do I know ... But I do love B/W photos with film grains.

thank you, my real work is done on film, which I'm shooting the entire wedding on it since they already hired a digital photographer.

The XTi isn't too bad it might be a "consumer dSLR" but it still takes great shots. ISO 1600 is usable only if you turn on in-camera noise reduction. It's been keeping me paid doing side jobs and that's all I care about, whatever pays the bills.