New Lens - Wedding Photos

[5cotty]

Hello people,

I need to buy myself a new lens to take pictures for a wedding, I've done a friends wedding before now and my pictures come out very well for just using a 55mm & 85mm (I tend to stick with the 85mm attached) and she graciously recomended me to another friend of hers who's getting married in September. I usualy take portfolio pictures and alot of concert and DJ club images so my lens do me well most of the time because I can normal get anywhere!

My point being I've been looking at the Canon EF 70-200mm F/4.0 L IS USM lens but it's not set in stone and I'll happily get something else if anyone can recomend something. I'm looking to spend about £1000 but I can go a little bit over if needed.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Scott.

[canismajor]

Hi Scott. I don't know what lenses Canon make but what I can say is that a lens I find useful for things like weddings is my 18-200mm. The 18mm end is handy for groups of people, while the 200mm end is good for those candid shots which you can take from a way off while remaining unobserved. It truly is a very versatile lens and a favourite of mine. I have also found that for large group pics my 10-20mm ultra wide angle comes in handy, and that lens is a Sigma f3.5, £489.99. All the best, Mike.

[R0B]

Well, sigma has some very nice alternatives on offer for the focal length youre looking at

For £999 you can get a stabilised, f/2.8 70-200mm, which is a cracker of a lens
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003HC8V9A/ref=asc_df_B003HC8V9A3728526?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B003HC8V9A

And if you arent fussed for stabilisation, then you can get one for half the price at little over £500, which would leave you a nice amount of money left over for another lens of your choice ;)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001046ES2/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=103612307&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B003HC8V9A&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=1RGK4H6DR30BF1PQV4VX

Ive heard problems with sigmas quality control, it is possible that you may receive a not so good copy, chances are sigma will have fixed that problem by now though ;)

[wave]

Hi heres my take you dont say which camera you have so we can take in the crop factor of the lens. You have said that you have a 55 and 85 lens not sure which ones again. I think I would be looking at a zoom the 70-200 range is good for those really nice close in shots but you dont have a wide angle for group shoots so you could look at 24-70 f2.8 or 24-105 f4. Good luck