Looking to Purchase a new wedding lense

Hi all,

Just wanted to get the feelers out on buying a new lens. I shoot weddings with a D90 and was wanting to upgrade some of my lenses.

I need a really good lens to shoot all parts of the wedding rather than having to swap cameras all the time. I was looking at 70-200 2.8 VR Nikon or Sigma. Obviously the Nikon is $$$$. Any thoughts of a good upgrade lense out there that alot of people use?

I have 18-70mm and 70-300 at the moment but would like to update a little. Also any idea if Photographic Wholesalers do trade in for the above lenses for a new one and if so rough prices? There in great nic!

Thanks in advance.

Happy shooting!

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Permalink Reply by Christian Whamond on May 24, 2010 at 7:24pm

For wedding you need high quality and my preference is for fast (f2.8 or lower)
My work horse when in a wedding is the 28-70 f2.8. my second choise is 70-200 f2.8 vr.

I love to shoot with my 85 f1.4 on FX.

check out my list of items for wedding shoots at http://www.premierimages.com.au/camera-gear.html and the area "Whats in my bag"

Word of advice. don't go cheap. the Nikon is more expensive for a reason..

Get the team at Photo wholesalers to work you out a deal, or even ask if you can rent a few lens and get a feel of your shooting length.

Good luck.

Christian
www.PremierImages.com.au

Permalink Reply by Ace Coote on May 24, 2010 at 7:49pm

Recently watched and chatted to wedding photographer at my niece's wedding. His standard workhorse lens was the Nikon 24-70 f2.8, he also used the 14-24mm for more artistic/creative shots and used the 70-200 in the church and some outside shots. Because he was using a D3 he had no crop factor and he had superb high ISO performance. In fact he only used a video light for one set of shots in a dark corridor of the house. He loaned me the 14-24mm for half an hour to play around with - superb lens. I have the 24-70 (on a D300) and I am delighted with it - worth every cent.