its my sisters wedding this year, and i decided to shoot it (excuse for me to get new glass)
so what lenses do you recommend
i am using 2x D90s - they wont be upgraded before the wedding
getting rid off all my crap lenses, only keeping the 50mm

am thinking 1x zoom and 1x prime
thoughts pls

70-200 VRII or 24-70 and a 50mm prime. (75mm effective range)

exactly what i was thinking of
my 50mm
either the 24-70 or the 70-200 but which 1?
so 50mm is good enough? i dont need another prime?

Instead of worrying about new glass you should worry about lighting. 2.8 isn't fast enough unless the ceremony is outside. Consider a 24-70 and a flash unit. The only place you really need 200mm is the ceremony but since its family I'm sure you.can pull off with just 70mm. My ideal would be 35mm and 135mm

i have flash units already
2more primes would be great, but for other uses they are limited, at least a decent zoom has so many options etc

Are you buying new lenses? Why not save shit loads of money, and rent lenses... You can rent a 135 prime, a 24-70 2.8, and a 70-200 2.8... Then if you decide you do in fact want one of those lenses, buy it after.

1stly i need (well want) new glass
2ndly there is no place here to rent lenses it sucks

Online.

And like I said, you would still be able to buy the new glass. You'd have the best you could get for the wedding. Then after you'd be able to make an informed decision on what glass you would like to purchase.

have used both the 24-70 and 70-200, love them both and will get both eventually
is the 135 not too much on a cropped body?

edit
it aint easy to get a rental lense from the net to dubai
dont think it will be viable but will certainly look at it, they are getting married back in South Africa so i will see what i could rent from there as well
thanks

This post was edited by jayandnix on Jan 20 2011 04:28pm

Hmm...


Try the 105mm DC?