Josh Smailes Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 HI, I need some advice aboute lenses for my canon EOS 7D. I am filming a wedding in a few months and I was hoping that someone could tell me what a good allround lens for my 7D would be. If someone could help me out it'l be very appreciated thank. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bartok Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Hi Josh, Remember if your filming DOF is a big issue you don't want those import moment's to be out of focus, So you want a wider angle lens but not too wide so that everything looks fisheye. But I thing i realized is that's all good but when your too far away you either have to switch lenses or my recommendation would be get something like a 18-110 or something along those lines, but don't go crazy with the zooms, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Smailes Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 Hi Josh, Remember if your filming DOF is a big issue you don't want those import moment's to be out of focus, So you want a wider angle lens but not too wide so that everything looks fisheye. But I thing i realized is that's all good but when your too far away you either have to switch lenses or my recommendation would be get something like a 18-110 or something along those lines, but don't go crazy with the zooms, Thanks Paul, I was thinking of something along those lines, I just wasn't quite sure if that was a good idea. Thanks again.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Gray Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Don't necessarily just go with wides for a larger DOF. Figure out how far you'll be to figure out what focal length would work best (a zoom probably will be the best in this case if you have a lot going on and don't have time to switch out lenses. I do weddings for my bread and butter stuff and shoot with primes because.. I dunno. I'm insane.) I try to stop down to 5.6/8 if I don't know where things'll be moving, but for the basic parts where there's not a lot of movement, you can probably get away with opening up more, but just keep an eye on DOF. I hate shooting anything too too shallow unless I'm going for something specific. Try renting a 70-200. Heavy, but put it on sticks and that'll do wonders. Then you have a constant f-stop to work with. If you're closer, 24-70 is good too. The one wedding I shot on DSLR, I rented both and never pulled out the 70-200. And then focal length depends on how intrusive/in the background you'll want to sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Smailes Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 Don't necessarily just go with wides for a larger DOF. Figure out how far you'll be to figure out what focal length would work best (a zoom probably will be the best in this case if you have a lot going on and don't have time to switch out lenses. I do weddings for my bread and butter stuff and shoot with primes because.. I dunno. I'm insane.) I try to stop down to 5.6/8 if I don't know where things'll be moving, but for the basic parts where there's not a lot of movement, you can probably get away with opening up more, but just keep an eye on DOF. I hate shooting anything too too shallow unless I'm going for something specific. Try renting a 70-200. Heavy, but put it on sticks and that'll do wonders. Then you have a constant f-stop to work with. If you're closer, 24-70 is good too. The one wedding I shot on DSLR, I rented both and never pulled out the 70-200. And then focal length depends on how intrusive/in the background you'll want to sit. Thanks Travis, much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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