Wedding help

Artemis · Apr 4, 2005

Yet again thanks for the advice...I looked for a nice 50mm and found one for about £45 from jessops second hand...problem is theres gonna be cropping with my digital...so I may use the Kit lens I got with my cam of 18 - 55

Big Mike · Apr 4, 2005

The 50mm will be like an 80mm on your 300D but that should still be OK. It's not really the focal length that you should be concerned about...it's the maximum aperture. The F1.8 will be much faster than anything you have. You would be able to get handled shots in much less light than you would with your lenses. You will be able to get a nice short DOF to blur out a busy background etc.

Artemis · Apr 7, 2005

Alright...hmm...I could phone jessops again and hope they still have it...and get it for my birthday...but it was a while ago so I dunno if ill be able to...

Scurra · Apr 7, 2005

yeah arty I would have to agree that the 300mm zoom might be a bit cumbersome.. I recently took photos at my sisters 18th birthday party with my 75-300 and found that (a) the aperture wasn't wide enough for taking quick shots (b) as a result I was getting shedloads of camera shake without a tripod.. stick with something a bit smaller.. I used mostly my 18-55 kit lens and my 28-90mm as these gave better results.

Artemis · Apr 7, 2005

Well, I called jessops, and they have a 50mm f1.8 Canon EF fixed lens for £45 second hand...but isnt it worth trying to find an 18 - 55 with a f1.8? maybe I could be lucky...

Big Mike · Apr 7, 2005

There is no 18-55 F1.8...Surra is talking about your kit lens.

Short lenses don't have to be as fast a longer lenses for shooting hand held. Remember the rule of thumb for shooting hand held? You want the shutter speed number to be higher than the focal length that you are shooting at.

That means that if you were using your 75-300 at 300mm...you would want a shutter speed of at least 1/300...and at F5.6 (or whatever your max. aperture is at 300) you would need a lot of light...or bump up the ISO really high.

The kit lens would be OK because you could shoot at 1/60 or 1/90 and still not have bad camera shake.

This is where the 50mm F1.8 comes in handy. You don't need much light to expose your shot if you are shooting at 1/60 @ F1.8 ...so you could stop down the lens a few stops to get it in the sweet spot.

Artemis · Apr 7, 2005

Right, I think I see, ive asked them to hold the lens for me and they are going to, so thats sorted and ill pop down tomorow and buy her.
Ive been looking for other lenses and it really appears the 50mm is the only one I can really get, so ill bring that and my 18 - 55 and perhaps my 70 - 300, although thatll be at the end of the priority list after that, soft focus filter, and my other arrange of nice filters.

Mike...Ive gotto say thanks another million times cause youve helped me so much, I would never have been able to think about it like this if you hadnt have helped.

Big Mike · Apr 7, 2005

Here is another tip...leave the filters at home. Maybe put them in your bag but don't use them unless the photographer says to. Especially something like a soft focus filter. It's so easy to get a soft focus effect with a digital photo that using one just seems silly. Especially because you can fine tune the soft focus if you start with an unfiltered photo...if you shoot with the filter on...you are stuck with that effect.

Artemis · Apr 7, 2005

I see...I guess the same with a warmup?

Artemis · Apr 8, 2005

Got me 50mm lens, and I love it...heh I dont even need filters...the shallow depth of field and iso 100 is what I like...

Christie Photo · Apr 8, 2005

Coolness. Congrats!

Sharkbait · Apr 8, 2005

Artemis said:
Got me 50mm lens, and I love it...heh I dont even need filters...the shallow depth of field and iso 100 is what I like...

THat 50 is going to quickly become your favorite lens.

Artemis · Apr 9, 2005

It already is...

So...anything else I should know for the wedding...is a shallow depth of field a good idea to be using?

Artemis · Apr 9, 2005

Ummm...I just found this book...do yah recon its worth buying?

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