Shooting weddings with EF-S 17-55 f/2.8

[bungee]

I have the EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 on my 400D (XTi) and am very happy with its general performance. My questions are

i) Does anyone use this lens to shoot weddings and if so how does it perform ?
ii) Given its fast AF, IS, USM and high IQ, would the 50mm 1.8 Mk II outperform it ?
iii) Ditto for the 50mm 1.4

thanks
Tony

[Philco]

i) Many of us use it and love it. I am a convert from the 16-35 +24-70 combo.

ii) Not a chance

iii) So close, it's negligible. 1.4 only wins on speed.

[Eoseni]

i. It should perform the same way as you've used it thus far. How do you mean? It's especially good for low-light, hand-held situations that many weddings are full of.

It's my next lens. The only down side is the EF-S, and a notorious dust problem. Do you have the dust inside the lens problem?

[magik306]

the canon 17-55 is the primary lense on my 30D. Its an awesome combination and I have been lucky to have only a couple of dust specs in my lense.

[StealthLude]

the 17-55 is an ideal lens for using on a crop body for a wedding.

[PuR HART]

I just replaced my 17-85 with this lens it should be knockin on my door mon along with a new 30D backup and the lovely Miss 70-200 2.8IS replacing my f4 it is gonna be a good day.
I am shooting a wedding on the following Sun I will let u know. but many love this lens and that is the reason i got it "word of mouth"

[picturecrazy]

It's an awesome lens. Will it outperform the 50mm lenses? I would say it would beat the 50 1.8 in every aspect. The 17-55 is ridiculously sharp. The 1.4? Well, I would say primes are used for different purposes than zooms so it's difficult to compare the two. In any case, the 17-55 is a winner of a lens. There is no better normal zoom for 1.6 bodies imo.

[tim]

i) Me, 75% of each wedding (average probably 20 weddings per year and growing).
ii) Throw away the 50mm F1.8, run over it with your car, or use it as a paper weight. That's all it's good for. Not a professional lens.
iii) Good lens, be careful below F2.0 (sharpness).

[CyberPet]

ii) Throw away the 50mm F1.8, run over it with your car, or use it as a paper weight.

Too light to use as a paper weight! :D

[bungee]

Thanks for all the replies. Seems I really have no excuse to buy a new lens :cry:

I have used the 17-55 for 4 months now and had no problems with dust. I dragged it around dusty shooting environments in Vietnam for a couple of weeks with the camera often slung unbagged over my shoulder while travelling on a motorbike. Seems to be the luck of the draw, or perhaps the newer models have sorted the dust issue.

[_Jo_]

Great lens for wedding - and the only one I use - it lives on my 30D!