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My first wedding: is 50-150 f/2.8 appropriate?
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<blockquote data-quote="Felisek" data-source="post: 531676" data-attributes="member: 23887"><p>This is a part of <a href="http://nikonites.com/wedding/35192-my-first-wedding.html#axzz3zTTpZcfo" target="_blank">My First Wedding</a> thread.</p><p></p><p>I took a few snapshots of bride and groom at home, using Sigma 50-150 f/2.8. This was supposed to be a trial for the hotel eating/dance floor shots.</p><p></p><p>I'm not entirely pleased with them. I just wonder if this is the right lens to use indoors. On the other hand, the <a href="http://nikonites.com/wedding/35193-my-first-wedding-hotel.html#axzz3zTTpZcfo" target="_blank">wedding venue</a> will be much bigger than my house.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This demonstrates one of the problems. To get two people in focus at 50 mm I had to use f/16 at which point my on-camera (reflected from the ceiling) SB700 was not powerful enough. This forced my to push the ISO up to 1600. Not good...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]197981[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This one was taken with an on-camera flash reflected from the ceiling. This, from the practical point of view, might be my main option at the venue:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]197983[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here I tried an off-camera flash with un umbrella placed high, to the right. I can probably quickly setup an umbrella on a stand at the hotel, though it might be a bit awkward.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]197982[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Felisek, post: 531676, member: 23887"] This is a part of [URL="http://nikonites.com/wedding/35192-my-first-wedding.html#axzz3zTTpZcfo"]My First Wedding[/URL] thread. I took a few snapshots of bride and groom at home, using Sigma 50-150 f/2.8. This was supposed to be a trial for the hotel eating/dance floor shots. I'm not entirely pleased with them. I just wonder if this is the right lens to use indoors. On the other hand, the [URL="http://nikonites.com/wedding/35193-my-first-wedding-hotel.html#axzz3zTTpZcfo"]wedding venue[/URL] will be much bigger than my house. This demonstrates one of the problems. To get two people in focus at 50 mm I had to use f/16 at which point my on-camera (reflected from the ceiling) SB700 was not powerful enough. This forced my to push the ISO up to 1600. Not good... [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]197981._xfImport[/ATTACH] This one was taken with an on-camera flash reflected from the ceiling. This, from the practical point of view, might be my main option at the venue: [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]197983._xfImport[/ATTACH] Here I tried an off-camera flash with un umbrella placed high, to the right. I can probably quickly setup an umbrella on a stand at the hotel, though it might be a bit awkward. [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]197982._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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