Wedding lens?

Coming from an amateur with limited gear: I'd probably go for 24-70 and 70-200 2.8 IS (on 2 FF bodies), but as said above, if you have to ask this question here, you should really doubt whether or not you should shoot weddings (on a pro-level - as a primary shooter).
Situations can change and you might have to change strategies very quickly, like switch to a low light prime or pick something wider than 24mm, etc.
Not everything comes out best with natural light only, so having the proper flash technique down can help out.

cdifoto wrote in post #9060851
I didn't get the impression that OP was asking for advice/recommendations​. It came across to me as another pointless theoretical/what if/survey thread.

And looking back, you may be correct. If so, I will take 20 lashes with a wet noodle.

Then again it could be solicitation of advice disguised as a survey.

On a FF: 24-70L & 70-200 f/4 L IS
On a 1.3X: 16-35L II & 70-200 f/4L IS
On a 1.6X: 17-55 & 70-200 f/4L IS

vibin247 wrote in post #9105639
On a 1.6X: 17-55 & 70-200 f/4L IS

Crap. Here's more silly talk of a 70-200 on a 1.6x crop.

Listen up... It's too freaking long for a wedding!

And don't make me lie to my wife and buy one just to prove it because I will!!!

IS f/2.8

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RT McAllister wrote in post #9109385
Crap. Here's more silly talk of a 70-200 on a 1.6x crop.

Listen up... It's too freaking long for a wedding!

And don't make me lie to my wife and buy one just to prove it because I will!!!

Damn, does that mean I have to stop using mine? 'cause I use it at every wedding, about a hundred of them so far.

tim wrote in post #9110008
Damn, does that mean I have to stop using mine? 'cause I use it at every wedding, about a hundred of them so far.

not if you're in a 20x20 room but then again, those tears will be HUGE !

What format, Tim?

tsw910 wrote in post #9110041
not if you're in a 20x20 room but then again, those tears will be HUGE !

I'm sure Tim has other lenses as well.

tsw910 wrote in post #9110041
not if you're in a 20x20 room but then again, those tears will be HUGE !

Depends, the rest of the world uses meters, 20x20m would definitely call for a 70-200

jr_senator wrote in post #9110045
What format, Tim?

jr_senator wrote in post #9110159
I'm sure Tim has other lenses as well.

1.6X crop, 7D and 40D. I have lenses from 10mm to 200mm.

tim wrote in post #9110008
Damn, does that mean I have to stop using mine?

Yes. Throw that useless piece o' crap door stop away before you gets a hernia.

Well, If I did weddings in 40 acre parks while sitting in a barcalounger drinking Iced-T...

Seriously... STOP!!! Delete this stupid-assed thread now! The 70-200 sucks and I don't need one. I'd rather be standing on the altar... in plain view... right between the couple... with my 10mm doing justice to the groom's ear hair.

LOL.. sorry to interrupt, but am I the only photographer that doesn't do the "math" of it all?

Joelene wrote in post #9110699
LOL.. sorry to interrupt, but am I the only photographer that doesn't do the "math" of it all?

What math?

RT McAllister wrote in post #9110226
Yes. Throw that useless piece o' crap door stop away before you gets a hernia.

Well, If I did weddings in 40 acre parks while sitting in a barcalounger drinking Iced-T...

Seriously... STOP!!! Delete this stupid-assed thread now! The 70-200 sucks and I don't need one. I'd rather be standing on the altar... in plain view... right between the couple... with my 10mm doing justice to the groom's ear hair.

I agree, in a softer kinda girly way. That lens is big, bulky and heavy, I don't see a use for it at all what so ever, I use my tiny little 70-300 5.6 and I get more zoom. I use it because it is small, light and I have a anything that doens't fit in my camera bag, doens't go with me to a wedding rule, and it fits nicely

tim wrote in post #9110721
What math?

the .... 1.6x 70-200 crop factor in a 20x20 room with a 10 foot ceiling will give you an image that is .... (said in my best big old man goofy face and voice) Math...

if the lens works use it. If not change it. learn what works from experience and practice. Understand what lens will give you what advantage. Best two lenses in a wedding? A good portrait lens and a "fun" toy-ish lens... everyone has a different opinion on what is a good portrait lens and what is a good toy lens. Each photographer needs to figure that out for them self to be able to create images that they want to create.