Favorite Wedding Lens

[jslice]

What are your favorite lenses to use for wedding photography? Prime & Zoom.

[Jamey S.]

Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di
Don't own one yet, but the Canon 85mm f/1.2L. If you don't mind MF the Jupiter 85mm f/1.8 is another excellent choice.

[mebailey]

I like the 24-70 and 85L.

[Ronald S. Jr.]

24-70L. I'll be looking forward to trying the 16-35L at a wedding, though. Groups will be much easier!

[Toogy]

70-200 F2.8 IS

Wouldn't want to do a wedding without it.

[jboyd]

16-35 2.8L, Tamron 28-75 2.8XR Di, and 70-200 4.0. I also carry my Tamron 90mm macro for ring shots prior to the ceremony. My favorite - 16-35 - wouldn't leave home without it!!

[bpuppy]

Love my 50mm f/1.4 for weddings.

[newgenphoto]

24-70 L but looking at trying a more wide angle.

[kampphoto]

I like my Sigma 24-70mm f2.8

[SuzyView]

Most used is the 24-70L, but the favorite is the 85 1.8. I can't say enough about the quality of the portraits I get from that lens. But alas, the zoom is much better to use .

[jamiewexler]

Tough one - I love them all! My favorite results usually come from the 35 1.4, the 28-70 f2.8, and the 70-200 IS. Don't use it much anymore, but the 85 f1.8 always makes me happy too. For sheer utility, if I could only have one lens, something in the 17-xxx wins. Used to be the 17-40 f4, these days it's the 17-55 IS.

[ninoe]

love my Tamrons, 70-200 macro all the more flexible

[jslice]

The 17-55 IS, is that the new Canon?

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Yes, the EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM.

[subtle_spectre]

24-70L covers at least 80% of my shots and could do more if I didn't try to use others.

[Merle]

I use the canon 75-300 in the portrait room I set in the church, I use the Tamron 28-75 for most eveything else. If I need wide angle I use my Canon 17-55
;) :) :D

[tim]

Tamron 28-75 (will replace for 17-55 F2.8 IS soon) 50%+
12-24 F4, 50mm F1.4, 70-200 F2.8 IS about equally.

[Su-Hannie]

I love my 70-300 from sigma

[Maureen Souza]

50mm/1.4.... without a doubt.

But this year I have the 85mm/1.2 and am shooting my first wedding with it in August.

[OdiN1701]

50mm/1.4.... without a doubt.

But this year I have the 85mm/1.2 and am shooting my first wedding with it in August.

You have my lens!! I want that 85 quite bad.

For prime right now I love my 50 1.4 as well.

Everything else I use my 24-105 f/4L IS.

I use my 17-40L for large group formals.

With my 1.6x crop frame I need to get a 35mm prime. I've heard good things about the 30mm sigma, but it's for 1.6x crop cameras only.

[neo265]

After doing heaps of research, the Canon 24 - 70L comes out on top as an overall favorite by many wedding photographers. I was torn between that and the new 17-55 2.8IS, but had to settle for the 24-70L for its ruggedness/build quality and the fact that I have a 35mm EOS too.