DownsPhotography Goldmember  1,967 posts Likes: 1 Joined Mar 2010 Location: New Orleans More info | Mar 16, 2011 13:24 | #1 Okay I'm doing weddings now. I have 4 coming up this year and done 3 already. two of them I done using only my canon 24-70 2.8. I plan on getting a sigma 85 1.4 . Should I jump on it now? I really want this lens or should I just buy a used 70-200 2.8 IS | 5D mark III | 5D mark II gripped | Canon 100L |Canon 24-105L | Canon 70-200L 2.8L IS II | Sigma 35 1.4 | Sigma 50 1.4 | Sigma 85 1.4 | 580ex II | 430ex II x 2 |
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gasrocks Cream of the Crop  13,432 posts Likes: 2 Joined Mar 2005 Location: Portage, Wisconsin USA More info | Mar 16, 2011 13:31 | #2 |
DownsPhotography THREAD STARTER Goldmember 1,967 posts Likes: 1 Joined Mar 2010 Location: New Orleans More info | Mar 16, 2011 13:34 | #3 I had the 70-200 2.8 is II before and I enjoyed it. I played with the 85 1.2 and felt in love with the lens so much I want the cheaper sigma 1.4 | 5D mark III | 5D mark II gripped | Canon 100L |Canon 24-105L | Canon 70-200L 2.8L IS II | Sigma 35 1.4 | Sigma 50 1.4 | Sigma 85 1.4 | 580ex II | 430ex II x 2 |
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DigiNon Senior Member  885 posts Likes: 2 Joined Feb 2010 Location: Tampa More info | Mar 16, 2011 13:54 | #4 I think for weddings you will get better use out of the 70-200. The 85 is sexy but you must think, what do you NEED to get the job done, not really what do you WANT. Of course, the 85 can get the job done as well but the 70-200 offers more versatility while also covering the 85mm range. l Mario l AE-1P l EOS 5 l 5Dc l 5DII l 17-40L l 35L l 50 1.4 l 100L l 70-200L II l
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DownsPhotography THREAD STARTER Goldmember 1,967 posts Likes: 1 Joined Mar 2010 Location: New Orleans More info | Mar 16, 2011 14:01 | #5 |
DownsPhotography THREAD STARTER Goldmember 1,967 posts Likes: 1 Joined Mar 2010 Location: New Orleans More info | Mar 16, 2011 14:55 | #7 |
SMP_Homer Cream of the Crop  More info | Mar 16, 2011 14:55 | #8 Downs Photography wrote in post #12032150  I played with the 85 1.2 and felt in love with the lens so much I want the cheaper sigma 1.4 Falling in love with 1 lens, and settling for a different one... I dunno... wouldn't that be like marrying the one you didn't fall in love with? EOS R6’ / 1D X / 1D IV (and the wife has a T4i)
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gasrocks Cream of the Crop 13,432 posts Likes: 2 Joined Mar 2005 Location: Portage, Wisconsin USA More info | Mar 16, 2011 14:59 | #9 Like marrying for money? Maybe I should have done that. GEAR LIST
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drumsfield Goldmember  1,601 posts Likes: 27 Joined Oct 2009 Location: Bethesda Md More info | Mar 16, 2011 15:01 | #10 The 70-200mm is much more useful. For indoors I could go for the 24-70mm. Canon 5D MkIII | Olympus OM-D | Olympus E-P2 | 16-35L MKII | 24-70L MKII | 70-200L MKII | 85L MKII | EF 50mm 1.4 | EF 100mm 2.8 | 100-400mm L MKII | 20mm 1.7
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sebr Goldmember  4,628 posts Likes: 9 Joined Jan 2007 Location: Sweden/France More info | Mar 16, 2011 15:25 | #11 SMP_Homer wrote in post #12032665 Falling in love with 1 lens, and settling for a different one... I dunno... wouldn't that be like marrying the one you didn't fall in love with? Hahaha! Interesting analogy! Sebastien
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danny819 Senior Member 520 posts Joined Jul 2008 Location: San Francisco, California More info | I mean, I do have the Sigma 85mm 1.4 brand new in box for sale. 5Dc | 17-40L | 35L | 85 1.8
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ggalluppi Senior Member  392 posts Joined Sep 2009 Location: NJ More info | Mar 16, 2011 15:49 | #13 IMO, you can do a lot with the 70-200 at weddings...and if you're going to continue to shoot weddings at some point you will NEED a 70-200. You may WANT an 85 but get what you need for now and upgrade when you can. If I were you, get the 85 1.8 and a 70-200 and you're good to go.
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RefreshImage Senior Member 557 posts Joined Jan 2011 More info | Mar 16, 2011 15:54 | #14  Permanent banWhy would you buy the third lens around the same focal distance and completely skip wide and long ?
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ni$mo350 Cream of the Crop  6,011 posts Likes: 14 Joined Apr 2009 Location: Portland, OR More info | Mar 16, 2011 16:35 | #15 How's he skipping wide? The 24-70L is plenty wide on FF. If you're shooting weddings just go with the 70-200 mkii. It makes life a lot easier.. If you control the pace then primes are great (why I switched) but if you don't and the pace of the wedding controls you then the 70-200 will definitely be more versatile. -Chris-Website
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