Hi guys just wondering, if you had to choose on a single lens to shoot with for your wedding photos what would it be..............but you ONLY have ONE Choice.........................................

mines the Canon - 50mm 1.4...................

whats yours...................

One and only one?

24-70mm 2.8

(Workhorse!)

70-200/2.8 IS.

If the 24-105 (which I don't own) was 2.8, it would be that... but... yeah... IS is my saving grace a lot.

tough one.. but I'd go with the 24-70 2.8

300mm F2.8




































just kidding

My new love, the 16-35 2.8.

24 1.4 mmmmm..=)

Canon 50 1.2

35 1.4 on a 1.6 crop.

17-55/2.8 AF-S

Based on my current lenses in my bag Id say 70-200 2.8. Based on what I want to get, 50mm 1.2

I wonder what the answers say about us?

Ditto-could take you all the way through wedding and reception...

despite the need to be REALLY CLOSE TO SUBJECT

my choice would be a 28mm 1.4 Nikon


reason: I have almost had to do this very thing back in the days of film (I know some of you don't remember film.) I forgot a piece to my F5, the battery container. oops! I ended up shooting the wedding with my backup gear, a Nikon FM2 with a 28mm 1.4 a 50mm 1.4 and a 180mm 2.8. All manual everything. I took some of my favorite pictures of the year at that wedding.

Yep its getting hot in here........................................keep it coming , we will see which lens takes the cake......................................................................

50 1.2 canon will take the cake if it does happen to lose it'll be to the 24-70 2.8

oh that is tough - its a toss up between my 135 and 85 - i'm going to have to choose my 135.

24 1.4 hands down.

Nikon 35mm f2

Cheers,
Zack

17-55mm 2.8

^ That is a magical lens...

+1!

Toss up between my 50mm 1.2 & 24mm 1.4. Thats why those lens stay on my two bodies about 80% of the wedding day.

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17-55 f2.8 or 70-200 f2.8 vr, I just cant pick one

35mm 1.4 on full frame is my new favorite,

close 2nd is my 24-70 2.8, which is equally sharp as my primes at 2.8 and it is most always set to 24mm

Cheater! This is not about having you cake and eating it too! It's about compromise! Gooo for it pick one!!

17-55..........Happy now! Hahaha i am just kidding i love both lenses but the 17-55 i can do a bit more with and its a bit lighter. I cant say much in the way of primes but i do love the 35mm f2 but dont own one.

This topic that I started I would say is very informative not only to me but to the rest of my fellow wedding photographers out there who is now starting out or to the advanced professional on what to buy when looking for lenses that would meet their requirements in the field of wedding photography ................................................................................
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Also if we do a survey, I will by the end of the week, we will see which lens got the most votes..........................................

Keep it coming guys.....................................................................
Thanks for your input..............................

Gotta be the 70-200 2.8 (IS or non-IS - their both sweet!)

i love love love my 24 1.4 but if i had to go with a lens the whole day and only one, it would be my 50 1.2

See that wasn't so bad!

I shot an entire reception on a 35 f/2 back when i still shot nikon.

70-200 f/2.8 IS (wide open)

i love this lens more every time i use it, and i've had it for years.

Canon 50mm 1.4 on my 1D mk 3. I'd want an 85mm lens on a FF body.

50mm 1.2, hands down....

I like to work with multiple cameras, and it stays on one of them all day as it is. Nevertheless, I would severely miss the 70-200...

Gerald

Have used the 17-55 IS, 70-200 IS, 50/1.2, 24/1.4, 35/1.4. I think the 50/1.2 on a FF will capture the most in a wedding.

Come on silly goose!!! Read the thread!!! Tis is about choosing just ONE lens.

the 24-70 2.8 is a standard go to lens that will get you through the day if you need to. I have a bunch of glass that I use in various situations, but if I dont know what will be happening or what the light will be like, that lens gets locked on.

70-200mm 2.8 IS... fo sho!

Yes, so I choose the 50/1.2 on FF over all the lens I mentioned:)

Good choice! I'm a big fan of the 35 1.4 on crop bodies (sadly can't afford to buy just rending). If I ever do go full frame that'll probably be my first purchase after the body.

+1

70-200 2.8IS - Tough to go a whole wedding with just this one, but I can't imagine a wedding without it. Such a glorious lens. Love it more than all the rest we use.

24 1.4L on FF

I it

24 1.4 L

Tough question since I never shoot w/ just one body...but I've got to join the 24-70 2.8 camp... (assuming this question involves the ceremony + reception...). It's not my favorite lens...but the reality is...it's the lens I use the most when shooting a wedding.