Anyone use their D60 for weddings?

Anyone use the D60 for weddings?
How do you handle formal pictures that would require large prints.

Have a website?

you can see some shots I took with the D60 for a friends wedding. I was asked to capture the brides morning with her bridesmaids .... the exhibit is called "carolyn's day"

I'd appreciate your thoughts.

www.jaymz.ca

Cheers,

Jaymz!

They look great!!

Did you end up printing any of them?

Remember that you will probably want to shoot in Raw mode if you really want stunning large prints. You have to develop a good workflow in extracting and correcting them. Of course, this means that you only get 15 shots per 128MB CF card. Also, you might shoot the set-ups in Raw mode- but do the candids in top-level Jpg. The time to write the Raws to the CF card would keep you from being able to shoot several candid's quickly. Also, it's critical that your White balance is right-on for the set-ups (daylight setting works well for strobes). I use two studio strobes in the first few pews- and fire them with the on-camera flash...which fills from the center. Just be sure that if you use strobes in light-slaved mode, that the sensors can "see" the camera's flash. You can also run a PC wire from the camera directly to one of the flashes. Many wedding photographers just use a big on-camera flash and 400ASA film. I find that using the studio strobes results in MUCH better images.
Side-notes: limit your use of diagonal composition in the candids. It's effective in moderation, but dizzying in over-use.
Shoot lots of prep shots of the bride. Focus on her. That's normally who is paying!

So, have fun!

Bob

Not true.

I'm a professional wedding photographer using D60's and I have all my photographs printed on photographic papers on A2 size (16x22") double page spreads and they are stunning.......shootin​g on Fine JPEG. It means the workflow is easier and uses less card space. I typically shoot 800 images on a wedding....

I don't have a problem with RAW mode.
I have 512meg cards.

I also have strobes, but I use radio slaves.

I was thinking of doing candids with the digital.
And formal posed shots, that will end up as enlargments with my EOS-3 and film.

I've just switched over this winter to shoot weddings with a d60 and have no regrets thus far. I've been using a 1gig microdrive but am planning to move into the CF game. Less worries about losing images with flash cards and I can still use the microdrive for anything beyond a gig that I need. jpeg set at fine is all you need unless someone wants a 20x30. So stick with the digital...don't bother fussing back and forth.

do you even own a digital?
we're talking about a Canon D60 here, not a Minolta DiMage X.
128MB card in a D60 for a wedding?........LOL

I have shot weddings, commercial and children portraits for ten months with my D60 and made enlargements up to 16x20 and one 20x24! No complaints! Some thought I was shooting a larger format. Shoot RAW always! Over and under is corrected in Raw image converter software.

Good luck!

Yo Hawkeye-
This fellow is looking for help- unless you've caught the DVwarrier disease - don't waste bandwidth with making fun of others. You have no idea who you are talking to on the other end. Throwing mudballs only makes you look like an idiot.

Bob

Quote gregarpp

"I'd appreciate your thoughts"

Very good, well exposed canded colourful shots but don't fall into the trap of too many canted arty farty shots these are easy to produce post production and gives you a greater choice for the couple to choose from.

wcapald shoots 800 images per wedding ! how do you have the time to go through so many pictures, overkill springs to mind, how do the medium format boys survive with the 16 rolls of film 192 shots. Digital has given us a new way to appreciate photography, 5 years ago no one would dream of shooting 300 shots at the best of weddings let alone 800.
Just because you can (take 800 shots) does not mean you have to, but you will soon sicken yourself as time goes on if you don't rein in your picture taking, let alone the drive space needed to store each wedding !
This has already happened to a wedding pro who could no longer stand the time he was taking in front of a computer, he has moved back to film and still winning Kodak gold awards.

hi Bob,
no i'm not throwing mudballs, i have just never heard of anyone suggesting the use of a 128MB CF card for shooting RAW.
my question to you in regards to what camera you are using is still of interest though.......

Hey Hawkeye-
I'm a D60 user... but I actually have not shot a wedding with it yet. I still don't trust it enough. I also saw that you have given constructive advice mostly on the other threads..so - nice going. I'm just a little gun shy after all the DVwarrier crap that was spewed.

I wasn't suggesting using a 128mb (512 is more like it), but was showing how few would fit on a card adequet for Jpg's.

I just did the grey card test to check if my 28-135 IS is actually 1 stop under- and it is. The 50mm, 100mm and 20mm are a half a stop under. I guess it's better than blowing the whites- but is going to mean batching a levels bump every time.

I'm working on a linear workflow chart for newbies...just had Roger critique it. I think we should keep a thread going for suggested workflows. Everyone has their method..and I'd love to see what others find best. Best I've found is Yarc+ with ARF2 to Pekka's LSbeta2- strong sharpening , add noise blur if High ISO.

so- take care-
Bob

Here is a wedding gallery by D30. The photographer is a real amateur. So I wouldn't doubt D60's capability.

http://pengs.us/galler​y/list.php?exhibition=​7

Hi Gregarpp well to answer yor question I do for all of my wedding work. I do average 70 weddings a year so far the D60 works great. The only problem is on low light the A/F will not work all the time it keeps hunting and will not focus. So I use my Photogenic 1250 DR light to add some light to a room then it works ok. Do not use Microdrives you are taking a big risk and they have a high failure rate. Use only Solid State CF cards which can take the shock. I use Sand Disk Ultra 512MB cards I carry six of them at all times at my weddings. And in the past 9 months all is good in digital world. I have sold off all my film cameras bye bye film. Now the 1.6 X factor is driving me nuts and I would like a full 1:1 chip. Aslo a better A/F system and Better ISO at 400 and up would make this camera the best in class. I Shoot at the largest JEPG setting and I have made 16x20 and 11x14 all day long and they are tack sharp. I have made a few 20x30 prints and I use Photoshop 7.0 and sharpen it up and use some plug ins and no problems noted. I never made 20X30 with 35mm film now I can with digital. I think a new DIGITAL is on the way from canon. Which will fix the problems of the D60 I can't wait. The Price of the 1Ds is to much canon is crazy if they think the will sell many of them. With nikon users having 7 SLR bodys like the S2 and the KODAK Pro 14N canon users are at a disadvantage with only 3 SLR bodys. So I hope the new canon is as good as it needs to be. Three times are a charm so they say we will see. Good luck and have a great day. You can stop by my web sight all photos taken are with the D60.