Thread: Eek! A wedding... Help!

Andrewtree, I have lost track of how many weddings I have photographed. Probably about 100. You have all you need in both equipment and skills to do what you have described. On the other hand, if you need an excuse to buy more stuff, have fun. Just about anything you would choose will do the job, given your knowledge and skills. The GXR is a wonderful camera system. I doubt that you will even need flash.

Great advice here as usual. I have a differing point of view though.

If it were me, and there weren't any pressure on me as the primary shooter, I'd take this opportunity to test out the D800E with a couples of lenses. One would be a wide angle lens and the other a classic 100mm prime for portraits and maybe a fast 50mm.

This would make it a lot more fun for me! As opposed to using my regular gear.

Thank you again everyone. You are all so encouraging Reminds me that I should stick to what I know and allow the pictures to reflect what I see.

Originally Posted by Boid

If it were me, and there weren't any pressure on me as the primary shooter, I'd take this opportunity to test out the D800E with a couples of lenses.

Yes, perhaps, but probably more camera than I can learn in a short timeframe (and that camera may be expensive to rent right now). And anyway, I think I'm done with DSLRs unless I have the time to commit to "serious work," meaning I want to squeeze out every pixel of quality in the kind of work that I do (the landscapes). Maybe when the kids are older...

Agreed though, that could be fun... I just might rent one for a weekend and take it to my usual haunt.

My 2 cents: Get yourself as second GXR body. Use one with the 28mm and the other with the m-mount module and the Sonnar glued to it.

Originally Posted by retow

...and the other with the m-mount module and the Sonnar glued to it.

That would be the Ricoh GXR Sonnar lensor...