Can you realistically shoot weddings with a G-series cam?

To boot, I think you'd be well served to get the WA converter lens as 35mm just isn't always going to be adequate.........

As a loyal G5 owner, I have a few comments to make here.... first, the G5 (which happens to be one of my fav cams) takes awesome shots if you shoot manual. HOWEVER, that said, you do need to think in advance with the G5. If not, you will most likely miss important shots. There is a long shutter lag and write time (as stated previously) which is not "wedding friendly" or "sport friendly".

Having started on a Pentax K1000 film SLR, it is now a joy to own a 20D. But my G5 still goes everywhere with me. In fact, some of the most requested shots I've done have come off a G5. Like I said, the image quality is superior to any other compact prosumer cam, and if you know how to shoot it right, you will get images that rival anything out there. Don't let the hype about smaller sensors, and lack of lenses throw you for a loop. A lot can be accomplished with this little battle-axe. Learn it, master it, love it. I do.

Oh, but if you can muster up the extra $$$$, I do highly recommend the 20D..... the very fact that you can turn it on and shoot right away is awesome. That is the only complaint I really would say the G5 has going against it. So at a wedding, keep that G5 on, think ahead, use manual ("M") and a Speedlight (off the cam or bounce it). You'd be very surprised at what you can do......

If you use a digital camera of any sort for weddings, you really NEED to know how to use manual exposure and focus controls. You'll never encounter a more challenging set of conditions for changes in lighting and need to be on top of your game. I would think using RAW files is the way to go since you simply don't have the time to take meter readings and get it right. JPEG's need to be perfectly exposed to be of any value.

That brings up more issues - time. I have tried shooting RAW, with fine results, but it was an exercise in being a slave to the PC, sitting in front of the monitor for hours getting the RAW images into TIFF files.

Honestly, unless you are making a lot of $$$ from shooting weddings with a digital medium, you'll go insane.

Hi all,

I have just been asked to do a wedding using my G6, and i'm looking forward to. I used to be a wedding photographer myself. But thw wedding in quistion is not that type of wedding where there will be all the fancy stuff, it's a couple who can't afford to pay for the whole hog of a pro, so i'm looking forward to job. I will post some shots when the time comes.

You can love the Gx camera and it deserves that. You can shoot posed formal stuff with it, but you'll have a really hard time shooting anything else. It's going to be a fun/learning experience for you, and amateur photos for the BG. (no offence implied)

If you have to catch the bride coming down the aisle...
If you want to catch the flower toss...

A skilled semi-pro or pro probably can get these shots, even with the G6.

I don't think they'll be any of the throwing of the flowers in this situation, but wht i will do is use the view finder instead if the lcd screen and pre-focus, that way i'm sure it'll work......? We'll see?

Weddings are hard enough with an dslr. I wouldn't be brave or confident enough to try it with a G-series.

-daniel

I went up north for my niece's wedding last December. I only had my G2. I spoke to the photographer prior to the wedding for his permission to shoot immediately after he did. He said it would be ok. Everytime he shot a picture I fired my G2 and 420EX. I got a lot a great shots, for an amateur. So it is possible.

Good luck

Geoff

Good luck with the wedding and I can't wait to see the results...


Regards,
Artan

Just a word of advice.

Watch your metering.

The bridal dress and grooms suit will open up a can of warms every single time.

Exactly. Brides and grooms should wear gray clothing. LOL.

Seriously, it's challenging enough to shoot weddings with film that has lattitude, so it must be real fun to shoot digital wedding photographs. As good as metering systems are, nowadays, nothing can match experience.

Non taken, i hav'nt taken wedding shots for a while, but what i will say is i will still have second cam with me and that will be a Nikon 35mm just in case, as most people on this wedding section will know that you must extra equipment.......?

The metreing is with any cam thought especially when it cames down to the black and the white colour, but thats why we increase exposure for white by about +.5 or +1 for something like wedding dresses but snow is even brighter so it be increased by at least +2.

You are not the only one. This may sound odd to many but so far I had done two complete weddings with point and shoot cameras. S230 and A70. One particular wedding I was told to only use the point and shoot. I was surprised that some of shots were good enough to fool some people thought I was using a SLR. It was certainly an experience for me and lots of pressure since I was their prime photographer for Morning and dinner. They had a different photographer covering the main ceremony. I finally understood why they wanted a small camera because they mainly wanted candid and do not want to surprise anyone. More importantly the tight space and limited time.

The bottom line is the requirements and what you are to cover. Most people don't really require anything above 8x10. If the majority require only 4x6 shots, then a 3mp camera should be enough.