that's a nice picture
lighting is awesome

Thanks man, I love portable studio flash

I also shot a lot with the 70-200 2.8 at uni but I prefer the F4 IS. It's much lighter and I can't trust 2.8 is low light shooting (1600+) It would be best suited as a studio lens imo

maybe you should wait for the sigma 70-200 with image stabilizer. also if you shoot weddings indoors you should use prime lenses mostly. i would consider 35mm 1.4 and 50mm 1.4

Nah, stick with fast L series zooms. The last thing you want to do is fuck around with primes, changing lenses and miss a shot :/ Remember, it's a wedding, nothing will get enlarger past 11x14. Just has to be sharp.

I've shot weddings on suggested lenses (24-70 2.8, 70-200 f4 IS) @ 800/1600/3200 and that's on a 5d I. He has a 5d II remember so his high iso performances are pretty unreal.

His iso of 1600 would probably be better than mine at 400 haha

You, sir, are bright. I thank you for your opinions and support. I ordered exactly what I suggested, with other accessories& flashes, & lenses. I just wanted someone to tell me the ok to get waste the 7k off my bank account
I'll take a picture of gear when it arrives and be sure to post pictures as soon as they're available.

This post was edited by onepagememory on Mar 1 2010 08:12pm

Don't most wedding photographers have multiple bodies?

Awesome mate, you will not be disappointed. Plus you can play around with focus micro adjustments to get it dead on

If I could suggest one more thing... another 5d II body



Yeah, I walk around with 5d's and the 24-70 / 70-200 combo.

Even use my boss's Nikon gear every now and then when we dual shoot (D3 and D3s) I cannot praise the D3s enough, it is a beast!

Hangon... you said you spent 7k when your OP suggested 3.5-4k..

What else did you get???

Another body haha.