wedding shoot

[RobBnTX]

I got to play with a D5100 the other day and I was surprised at how quickly it locked into focus even when I pointed at a dark corner. Much better image quality than I expected also! I have to admit to having new found respect for the model after handling one.

Still not a professional body by any means. I could see it as a backup maybe, or a backup to a backup.

I have been thinking of getting a used or refurbished D90 in the near future just to get my foot in the Nikon door, but may now consider the D5100 instead. Oh what the heck, one of each!

 

[jdeg]

Yeah, the d90's are getting pretty cheap!

I really like that Joe brown video above. I think any other 'judge' wouldn't have recognized the details.

Anyway, this also reminds me of something that I noticed with the wedding photographer we used. During our wedding she had a D700 and a satchel with a couple more (expensive) lenses in it. A few times during the ceremony she quickly changed lenses. At the end of the ceremony we started to walk up the isle. She still had a telephoto lens on the camera and didn't have time to change to something with a shorter focal length. As a result she had to quickly back up. Since she knows what she's doing she still got the shot, but this is one of the main reasons I saw her with two d700's at our friends wedding less than a year later.

So the point is, it's not only important to have professional, fast gear for weddings, but sometimes necessary to have that + another + another photographer.

I am by no means a professional, but if I ever wanted to start doing wedding photography, I would assist someone else that is a professional before just diving in to get a feel for things.