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8th of April 2007 (Sun), 13:30
Yesterday I shot a wedding ceremony. My brother-n-law is a pro wedding photog who was asked by his friend to be in the wedding. He was also asked to shoot the wedding. Well that is difficult if you are in the wedding party.
So, I was asked to assist in shooting. I did some of the "posed" shots on the beach that my bro-n-law was unable to do (because he was in the shot), then I shot the ceremony.
BUT... it was all done with NIKON cameras.
The equipment was 2 Nikon D70's and 1 Nikon D200. One D70 had the 17-55mm f/2.8, the other had a 15mm fisheye lens. The D200 had a 70-200 f/2.8 VR lens. The 17-55 and the 70-200 cameras both had SB-800 flashes mounted on them as well. What an awesome equipment setup for the shoot.
Most of the ceremony was shot with the 17-55mm with the flash off and the ISO at 800 or 1000. The 70-200 was also used at 800-1000 ISO and shot without flash for the most part(handheld). Any flash shots were at 400ISO on both cameras. I am still waiting to see the final results. My bro-n-law is not too concerned about a lot of flash shots during the ceremony because he figures most of the "money" shots are the shots he does before the ceremony with the couple and the party. After the ceremony was completed, I had to run to another family event so I haven't seen the resulting photos yet.
If you are interested in seeing the shots, I will post a link to the wedding photos when they are available.
My first dSLR was a Nikon D70. Although I was happy with it, I wanted to go to the Canon 20D. After shooting this wedding with the Nikons, I remember one thing about those cameras that I did like so much. The settings on the Nikon (whether it be changing ISO or EV or whatever) are so much easier to do than on the Canon. I like to change my camera settings a lot to experiment. I have used the Canon 20D for well over a year and I know my way around that camera. But I went back to the Nikon after not having seen one for quite some time and it was easy to use and a pleasure to use.
I will likely take a lot of flack for making a pro-Nikon comment on this forum, but I just wanted to share my recent experience with you.
So, I was asked to assist in shooting. I did some of the "posed" shots on the beach that my bro-n-law was unable to do (because he was in the shot), then I shot the ceremony.
BUT... it was all done with NIKON cameras.
The equipment was 2 Nikon D70's and 1 Nikon D200. One D70 had the 17-55mm f/2.8, the other had a 15mm fisheye lens. The D200 had a 70-200 f/2.8 VR lens. The 17-55 and the 70-200 cameras both had SB-800 flashes mounted on them as well. What an awesome equipment setup for the shoot.
Most of the ceremony was shot with the 17-55mm with the flash off and the ISO at 800 or 1000. The 70-200 was also used at 800-1000 ISO and shot without flash for the most part(handheld). Any flash shots were at 400ISO on both cameras. I am still waiting to see the final results. My bro-n-law is not too concerned about a lot of flash shots during the ceremony because he figures most of the "money" shots are the shots he does before the ceremony with the couple and the party. After the ceremony was completed, I had to run to another family event so I haven't seen the resulting photos yet.
If you are interested in seeing the shots, I will post a link to the wedding photos when they are available.
My first dSLR was a Nikon D70. Although I was happy with it, I wanted to go to the Canon 20D. After shooting this wedding with the Nikons, I remember one thing about those cameras that I did like so much. The settings on the Nikon (whether it be changing ISO or EV or whatever) are so much easier to do than on the Canon. I like to change my camera settings a lot to experiment. I have used the Canon 20D for well over a year and I know my way around that camera. But I went back to the Nikon after not having seen one for quite some time and it was easy to use and a pleasure to use.
I will likely take a lot of flack for making a pro-Nikon comment on this forum, but I just wanted to share my recent experience with you.