For those shooting crop and ff for a wedding.

[Red Tie Photography]

Originally Posted by picturecrazy

I don't think I'd ever want to go FF only. You have so many more options with two formats. As long as Canon makes 1.6 crop bodies and EF-S lenses, I'll keep using them. The sheer amount of detail I see in my 1Ds3 shots is amazing, but in reality a bride isn't gonna care or notice if their album spread or their huge canvas has a little less detail, especially if they don't have a basis of comparison.

I want a 7D; it's such a cool camera. But I've tried them and in wedding shooting it doesn't get me shots any better than my 40D, so I haven't bought one. One shot AF didn't seem any better than my 40D. Actually, I liked the 40D raw files better... the 7D has many more pixels, but comparing the two I didn't see any more detail. I'm looking for an excuse to buy one but I just haven't yet. I can't complain, I really do love my 40D and it's all the camera I need in weddings 95% of the time. The other 5% is where the 1Ds3 comes in.

And honestly Lloyd, you are one of the big reasons i am considering not going 2 ff bodies. I am going to hold off on the 7d, and get a few more fast lenses.

Also, i tried it this weekend, and im not a huge fan of shooting 2 bodies all day. During the ceremony, great, but the rest of the day ive decided to try to shoot 1 body unless the need arises.

[garyark]

I concur with the 85 on the crop body. With the AF speed on both, its a nice combo to grab dance shots. The 5d and its greater tonal range makes for killer dressing room shots.

[tim]

Originally Posted by Red Tie Photography

That's a few cameras to carry around.

I always have two bodies on me, occasionally three, it's not so bad. Having an assistant really helps.

[picturecrazy]

Originally Posted by Red Tie Photography

And honestly Lloyd, you are one of the big reasons i am considering not going 2 ff bodies. I am going to hold off on the 7d, and get a few more fast lenses.

Also, i tried it this weekend, and im not a huge fan of shooting 2 bodies all day. During the ceremony, great, but the rest of the day ive decided to try to shoot 1 body unless the need arises.

Yeah, to tell you the truth, I love my primes on my crop bodies a little more than on FF. I know, backwards of what everyone else says but I'm thinking more in a practical sense rather than a "oooh look how blurry this is" sense. Wide open primes on a cropper gives me just enough DOF imo. If things are TOO blurred out I feel you lose the connection with the environment. The crop gives you more DOF but lets you shoot wide open. Now you get some amazing options to choose from... like the 85 1.8 really gives you the view of a 135 1.8, which is faster than a 135 f/2 on a FF body. The 135L on a crop gives you about 200mm at F/2! If you want that speed/length on FF you need to spend $5300!!! And a 200mm is like a 320mm. That lets you stand FAR away but still get good closeup shots! IF you want a fast 300mm for FF you are going to pay $4500. So it just gives you a lot of options that you wouldn't otherwise have. I prefer shooting a crop body for those reasons. If I could only shoot one format it would be 1.6.