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p.2 #13 · p.2 #13 · What is the least amount of gear you could shoot a wedding with with? | |
Absolute basic?
2x A6300s
Zony 24/1.8 (36 equiv.)
Sony 50/1.8 OSS (75 equiv.)
2x Speedlights
I like to add my Sigma 70-200 2.8 II for ceremonies and outdoor sessions, Samyang 12/2 (18 equiv.) for UWA venue/B&G dance shots, and Canon 100/2 for reach in low light + with extension tubes for macro work (works well on the 50, too). I'll also throw in the Sony 35/1.8 OSS (50 equiv) for a backup, since it's tiny (smallest lens here), lightweight, and a great performer. Usually use it outdoors where there's more room to work with.
Some weddings I can get by with just the 12, 24, and 50. Usually the cramped venues. Some I feel I need all 6 lenses, depending on the changing situations/locations. If I had to drop anything, it'd be the 70-200, since it probably weighs and takes up as much room as all my other lenses combined! The 100/2 can meet or beat it in IQ and subject isolation.
As far as primes/zooms, I started out shooting Nikons with the 17-55/2.8 VR and 80-200/2.8 AF-D, with my nose turned up at primes for being time wasters. As I moved to Sony, their lack of native 2.8 zooms at the time made me pick up their trio of 1.8 primes (24/35/50) instead. I eventually also added a Sigma 17-50/2.8 OS to adapt, but found it collecting dust.
Primes just change the way my brain thinks about things. For me, zooms feel like taking the easy way out, and they just make me lazy about shooting. Primes' fixed FOV makes me work at finding the best angles, which results in better framing and perspective. And they really don't take much time to swap around at all. You just need a bit of experience using them to know ahead of time which to swap out for what moment, and they're not cumbersome at all. Wouldn't suggest juggling them on a single body, though. That's where you'll lose shots, unless you're super comfortable with having just one focal length available at a time.
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