Wedding Photag. Gear

[Derrel]

New Year....same ol' sh!t.....

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[DerekSalem]

Why would you need a full frame?

For one, they handle noise better. Also, they are better for shallow depth of field shots since you have more frame to fill without taking a step back, say with a prime lens.

I'd also want to be able to do high speed sync with a flash... and my Rebel's not having that. Maybe I wouldn't need a full frame camera for that but a higher-end body at least.

In case I was being serious? Wow, that comes across as quite rude. I've done weddings before, however I don't spend my time following around wedding photographers like a puppy dog, so I like find out what gear others prefer to see if it might be something I want to add to my bag.

If you've done weddings before why are you asking 'umm what's the bare minimum gear to use for a wedding' ??

Because I don't believe in spending a ton of money on gear for two reasons- 1: if you're GOOD, you can make beautiful photos with whatever gear you happen to have and 2: if you spend you're time fussing with your gear you risk missing those "money" shots.

If you had done weddings before then you wouldn't be asking people on this forum what you'd need...you'd realize fairly quickly what you're missing. You start to see a need for something you don't own, and you buy it. If you're asking for "bare minimum" then you don't have any idea what you need...which means you either don't have any experience shooting weddings or you don't understand your gear enough to *realize* what you need.

I'm not trying to be rude here, btw...but we get a *TON* of people on this site asking about how to shoot weddings and about 90% of the time they're not prepared at all and have no idea what it takes. On top of that, you get people saying terms like "bare minimum" which actually offends some of us. You're talking about being the single person to record an event in these peoples' lives. They're only going to do it once (pray to God) and you're the person they're paying to record it. Do you really want to only buy the "bare minimum" required to get the job done...or do you want to make sure their memories are preserved in the absolute best way possible?

 

[DerekSalem]

Well i'm selling all my L lenses because it has been proven that the kit lens is all you need, anyone know what the kit lens was for the 5D and 1Dmk2 so there will be 8 L lenses in the classified soon, one kit lens will do i can share it between my 5D and 1D's although i probably don't need 3 back up bodies

lol I know it's all a joke but the kit lens for the 5D is the 24-105 f/4L IS lol the 1D series doesn't have kit lenses

 

[gsgary]

Well i'm selling all my L lenses because it has been proven that the kit lens is all you need, anyone know what the kit lens was for the 5D and 1Dmk2 so there will be 8 L lenses in the classified soon, one kit lens will do i can share it between my 5D and 1D's although i probably don't need 3 back up bodies

lol I know it's all a joke but the kit lens for the 5D is the 24-105 f/4L IS lol the 1D series doesn't have kit lenses

Don't want that lens got the new 24-70F1.2 kit lens only cost £5000

 

[sobolik]

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I'm not trying to be rude here, btw...but we get a *TON* of people on this site asking about how to shoot weddings and about 90% of the time they're not prepared at all and have no idea what it takes. On top of that, you get people saying terms like "bare minimum" which actually offends some of us. You're talking about being the single person to record an event in these peoples' lives. They're only going to do it once (pray to God) and you're the person they're paying to record it. Do you really want to only buy the "bare minimum" required to get the job done...or do you want to make sure their memories are preserved in the absolute best way possible?

With all due respect you have no business answering anybody asking for advice. Read your comments. All you are doing is using the request for advice as an opportunity and excuse to attack. Many people do that very thing on this forum. Use a request for advice as an opportunity and excuse to ridicule and attack.