For 5D Wedding Photog Owners - Help requested

I am about to get a 5D next month and plan on starting a business in wedding photography. I already have the 70-200 and plan on using it for the longer focal lengths and would like to know what everyone thinks is best for the shorter focal lengths but also covers wide angle. I;d like to hear from 5D owners who are out there shooting weddings already. Cost really isn't that important. I just want something comparable to the 17-55 which I;ll no longer be able to use(not with the 5D anyway) Sharp, fast and reliable is what I am looking for but something that goes as wide as the 17-55 on a full frame and as narrow as the 55mm end if this lens exists. Gracias!

i'm not a wedding photographer of any sort. but you can't go wrong with a 24-70/2.8

A photographer who works for me uses the 24-105 F4L on his 5D and loves it, it makes incredible sharp images. F4 isn't fast enough for dark churches so perhaps get a 50mm F1.4 or 85mm F1.8 for low light. 24-70 F2.8L is good but lacks IS, which I find really, really handy.

I don't really like the options available for the 5D for wide/fast lenses suitable for wedding photography. I started using my 17-40L F4 which is a great lens but not quite fast enough. So I advise you buy a 40D as a second camera and have the 17-55 2.8 IS on it. (it wont fit the 5D) These two cameras with this lens combination make for a great set-up. Alternatively - get two 40Ds!

Cheers

damian

highway0691 wrote in post #4241780
I don't really like the options available for the 5D for wide/fast lenses suitable for wedding photography. I started using my 17-40L F4 which is a great lens but not quite fast enough. So I advise you buy a 40D as a second camera and have the 17-55 2.8 IS on it. (it wont fit the 5D) These two cameras with this lens combination make for a great set-up.

Cheers

damian

Why the 17-55 on a 1.6 crop, that would make it about a 35mm?

Just get the 24-70L f/2.8, there is not a better all around lens. I've had an assistant shoot with the 17-55 2.8IS and I'm amazed at how many soft shots. Of course it could be the 30D but I've seen enough that I would not get it.

The 24-70L f/2.8 is probably the most popular lens by pro's.

17mm x 1.6 = 27.2mm

24-70 2.8 and 50 1.4 and you're all set.

highway0691 wrote in post #4241913
17mm x 1.6 = 27.2mm

LOL....it is Friday and I was not doing math....I think the point is taken though..

Why spend $1300 on a 40D, another $1,000 on a 17-55IS...to get 27mm when you can spend $1K and get one of the best pieces of glass made.....the 24-70 f/2.8L

I did not realize that the 24-70 2.8 did not have IS. That bites a big one. I already have the 50 1.4 so I could theoretically get the 24-105 but only F4? Again this sucks big time. Man, I guess the decision won't really be that easy. Seems they'd have an IS 2.8 for that expensive 5D!! I've read many reviews on the 40D and lots of people don't think it's much better than the rebel xti. Guess it totally depends on the person and what they're using it for but almost everything I have read says it just does not compare to the 5D. So, I really think the 5D is my best route but the lens drama is crazy. Any plans for Canon to come out with another lens 2.8 wide angle telephoto any time soon?

You really don't need the IS on the 24-70, go rent one for a weekend and shoot with it.

I have a problem with my right hand and some times it shakes so the IS on the 17-55 and 70-200 has been very valuable to me. I wouldn't rent it unless I had the 5D which I don't have yet.

Well then you do need IS.....that info would have been helpful in the first post.

Sorry didn't really want to post about the problems with my hand as I thought for sure there would be a 2.8 IS wide angle telephoto. My apologies

Tony Spires wrote in post #4242275
Sorry didn't really want to post about the problems with my hand as I thought for sure there would be a 2.8 IS wide angle telephoto. My apologies

No big deal, and nothing to be ashamed of at all. I'm color blind, LOL, you think you have it tough!

I got 2 5d's and love em, full frame and no substitutes(ok i understand the economics of aps-c framed sensors but ill never go back to them), generally i use the 70-200 and the 17-40(also 16-35 but like the 40 end more and a few primes) and find i get all the images i want with the above 2, at 17 u get some distortion, but hey i havnt seen a super wide that doesnt, beauty of the 5d is the lack of noise, i do candlit receptions under rainforest cannopies with the f4 with the iso twisted way up to 3200 and the shots are impressive, good enough for me and clients anyway(there fine used in wedding albums but no bigger)...however i got a hand brace(my personal IS) and can get a sharp shot at 1/10th and a breath hold. If you got a shake id go the 50 1.4...