Gonna rent a lens for 5th wedding anniversary - which?

[RachAllenPhoto]

In Laws are having their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday evening and we will be celebrating it with a party at a church reception hall. Im going to rent a lens for this to shoot the event and am wondering which lens to rent for my Canon 50D.

Gonna be a lot of closeup detail work and hopefully some portrait stuff. Any suggestions? Im thinkig 24-70 maybe?

[zoomer]

What do you have now?

[Bilsen]

Really depends on what you already have.

I will say that for the only wedding I ever shot (or will ever shoot) I rented the 24-70 to go with my 24-105. The f2.8 really helped for the interior shots with no flash.

[BrettDeutsch]

Really depends on what you already have.

I will say that for the only wedding I ever shot (or will ever shoot) I rented the 24-70 to go with my 24-105. The f2.8 really helped for the interior shots with no flash.
The 24-27 is the most versatile for events, though most people want a longer lens (70-200 f2.8 or f4.0) too. And Don't make the mistake that JohnGalt did -- use a flash and not the built in one. A church reception hall will likely have terrible lighting that you're going to have to improve upon.

[Bilsen]

Brett, you know I love ya BUT that was NO mistake.

Church rules stated -- NO FLASH and that's pretty common around here.l

Here's what the 24-70 can do

http://www.pbase.com/bilsen/image/130224972.jpg

[D3Sshooter]

I am a Nikon Guy, however that is irrelevant. On weddings I always have two camera's (full frame's) One with a F2.8 / 24-70mm and a F2.8 14-24mm.
I shoot without flash on high ISO. (less disturbing) . I have the D3S and hence High ISO is not an issue.

[lifeinfocus]

I am a Nikon Guy, however that is irrelevant. On weddings I always have two camera's (full frame's) One with a F2.8 / 24-70mm and a F2.8 14-24mm.
I shoot without flash on high ISO. (less disturbing) . I have the D3S and hence High ISO is not an issue.

Can you expand on the use of 12-24mm please? I was guessing you were going to say 70-200mm VRII.

Thanks, Phil

[Tinstafl]

I use a 24-70 and a 70-200 2.8 the most.

[BrettDeutsch]

Brett, you know I love ya BUT that was NO mistake.

Church rules stated -- NO FLASH and that's pretty common around here.l

Here's what the 24-70 can do


Beautiful shot, Mr. Galt. Didn't mean that you made a mistake, only that it would be a mistake not to have a flash for the reception hall. Uou obviously had a nicely lit room to work with -- looks like you even had some daylight streaming in. Most church reception halls that I've seen are lit with fluorescent lights on the ceiling with maybe a couple of sconces on the walls -- unless you've got some fill-light, most shots are going leave your subjects with raccoon eyes. And all reception halls allow flashes, even if they don't allow them in the sanctuary.

[Bilsen]

True Dat Brett.

Around here it's usually NOT in the church but fine in the hall. I agree with you that the ugly green florescents aren't the best in the reception.