Gonna rent a lens for 5th wedding anniversary - which?

RachAllenPhotoRachAllenPhoto Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
edited July 26, 2012 in People
In Laws are having their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday evening and we will be celebrating it with a party at a church reception hall. Im going to rent a lens for this to shoot the event and am wondering which lens to rent for my Canon 50D.

Gonna be a lot of closeup detail work and hopefully some portrait stuff. Any suggestions? Im thinkig 24-70 maybe?
Allen and Rachel
http://www.rachelallenphotography.com
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  • zoomerzoomer Registered Users Posts: 3,688 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2012
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  • BilsenBilsen Registered Users Posts: 2,143 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2012
    Really depends on what you already have.

    I will say that for the only wedding I ever shot (or will ever shoot) I rented the 24-70 to go with my 24-105. The f2.8 really helped for the interior shots with no flash.
    Bilsen (the artist formerly known as John Galt NY)
    Canon 600D; Canon 1D Mk2;
    24-105 f4L IS; 70-200 f4L IS; 50mm 1.4; 28-75 f2.8; 55-250 IS; 580EX & (2) 430EX Flash,
    Model Galleries: http://bilsen.zenfolio.com/
    Everything Else: www.pbase.com/bilsen
  • BrettDeutschBrettDeutsch Registered Users Posts: 365 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2012
    JohnGalt_ny wrote: »
    Really depends on what you already have.

    I will say that for the only wedding I ever shot (or will ever shoot) I rented the 24-70 to go with my 24-105. The f2.8 really helped for the interior shots with no flash.
    The 24-27 is the most versatile for events, though most people want a longer lens (70-200 f2.8 or f4.0) too. And Don't make the mistake that JohnGalt did -- use a flash and not the built in one. A church reception hall will likely have terrible lighting that you're going to have to improve upon.
    Deutsch Photography: Actor & Executive Headshot Photographer | NY Wedding, Mitzvah and Corporate Event Photographer | Family & Child Portrait Studio
  • BilsenBilsen Registered Users Posts: 2,143 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2012
    Brett, you know I love ya BUT that was NO mistake.

    Church rules stated -- NO FLASH and that's pretty common around here.l

    Here's what the 24-70 can do

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    Bilsen (the artist formerly known as John Galt NY)
    Canon 600D; Canon 1D Mk2;
    24-105 f4L IS; 70-200 f4L IS; 50mm 1.4; 28-75 f2.8; 55-250 IS; 580EX & (2) 430EX Flash,
    Model Galleries: http://bilsen.zenfolio.com/
    Everything Else: www.pbase.com/bilsen
  • D3SshooterD3Sshooter Registered Users Posts: 1,187 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2012
    I am a Nikon Guy, however that is irrelevant. On weddings I always have two camera's (full frame's) One with a F2.8 / 24-70mm and a F2.8 14-24mm.
    I shoot without flash on high ISO. (less disturbing) . I have the D3S and hence High ISO is not an issue.
    A photographer without a style, is like a pub without beer
  • lifeinfocuslifeinfocus Registered Users Posts: 1,461 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2012
    D3Sshooter wrote: »
    I am a Nikon Guy, however that is irrelevant. On weddings I always have two camera's (full frame's) One with a F2.8 / 24-70mm and a F2.8 14-24mm.
    I shoot without flash on high ISO. (less disturbing) . I have the D3S and hence High ISO is not an issue.

    Can you expand on the use of 12-24mm please? I was guessing you were going to say 70-200mm VRII.

    Thanks, Phil
    http://www.PhilsImaging.com
    "You don't take a photograph, you make it." ~Ansel Adams
    Phil
  • TinstaflTinstafl Registered Users Posts: 355 Major grins
    edited July 25, 2012
    I use a 24-70 and a 70-200 2.8 the most.
  • BrettDeutschBrettDeutsch Registered Users Posts: 365 Major grins
    edited July 26, 2012
    JohnGalt_ny wrote: »
    Brett, you know I love ya BUT that was NO mistake.

    Church rules stated -- NO FLASH and that's pretty common around here.l

    Here's what the 24-70 can do
    Beautiful shot, Mr. Galt. Didn't mean that you made a mistake, only that it would be a mistake not to have a flash for the reception hall. Uou obviously had a nicely lit room to work with -- looks like you even had some daylight streaming in. Most church reception halls that I've seen are lit with fluorescent lights on the ceiling with maybe a couple of sconces on the walls -- unless you've got some fill-light, most shots are going leave your subjects with raccoon eyes. And all reception halls allow flashes, even if they don't allow them in the sanctuary.
    Deutsch Photography: Actor & Executive Headshot Photographer | NY Wedding, Mitzvah and Corporate Event Photographer | Family & Child Portrait Studio
  • BilsenBilsen Registered Users Posts: 2,143 Major grins
    edited July 26, 2012
    True Dat Brett.

    Around here it's usually NOT in the church but fine in the hall. I agree with you that the ugly green florescents aren't the best in the reception.
    Bilsen (the artist formerly known as John Galt NY)
    Canon 600D; Canon 1D Mk2;
    24-105 f4L IS; 70-200 f4L IS; 50mm 1.4; 28-75 f2.8; 55-250 IS; 580EX & (2) 430EX Flash,
    Model Galleries: http://bilsen.zenfolio.com/
    Everything Else: www.pbase.com/bilsen
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