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03/07/2006 11:22:44 AM · #26 |
Originally posted by Guyver:
Thank you aquapreta!!
You say its not good in low light, and for weddings which I can understand, but overall as a lens to play around with?
Would you recommend it? |
I would highly recommend it... for $300 there is no lense that is as versatile... check the Sigma 18-200 page. |
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03/07/2006 11:24:55 PM · #27 |
Definitely worth considering in your wedding photographer event is that you probably won't want to be wasting time. When you see a moment, you want it NOW. You DON'T want to be wasting time focusing, especially if the lens is hunting in low light.
There is a serious reason why people who shoot weddings usually go for constant aperture lenses and fast lenses.
For setting up the portraits, just about anything can be used that takes pictures well enough that is fairly wide.
On the other hand, for the reception, and probably for the kiss, there's nothing like locking focus at f/5.6 (or whatever) and sliding your zoom in and taking a close-up picture. When your lens is wide out, you can usually focus much more reliably due to more light.
If you are really fast, you can get two pics of the kiss at different focal lengths.
Tough to do unless you have a constant aperture lens. Still doable of course.
That's pretty significant when you come across a lens that has a variable max aperture. |
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