what camera is best for shooting weddings?

Question

starting my own business and i have been given so much different advice about cameras, hope you can help

Answer 1

The most popular choices are Canon and Nikon dSLR setups. I've seen plenty of budget photographers walk around with point & shoot cameras but their work is always memorable for two reasons:
a) a piss-poor sense of composition and light because they don't know what the hell they're doing. They take snap shots.
b) Over-use of flash and too much depth of field, because point & shoots can't handle the technical demands of the situation.
The cheapest decent setup is either a Nikon D80 or a Canon Rebel XTi, either one with an extra battery and the Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 zoom lens. Add a Nikon SB800 / Canon 580EX flash gun with 3 sets of rchargable batteries. Add at least 4 GB of fast memory. With either brand, this will cost a bit under $2000 total.
The next bit of gear is a telephoto zoom - something like a 70-200mm. A midrange lens will cost around $500.
Then add a second body, for backup purposes and also so you don't have to switch lenses (you keep one camera around your neck, and the other over your shoulder).
If/ when you can afford it, upgrade the main body. If you're using Nikon, get a semi-pro D200 or a pro D2Xs. If you're using Canon, get a semi-pro 30D or 5D, or a pro level 1Ds Mark 2. (The Canon 5D and 1D cameras don't work with the Tamron 17-50mm) Also add pro quality zooms but keep the others as backup, add a 2nd flash gun, a tripod, an 85mm f/1.4 portrait lens, etc.
You can easily spend over $10,000 on gear... the $2000 setup that I began with is just a starter kit.
Best wishes!

Answer 2

There are alot of choices here. But the best in the business is....drum roll please...Fujifilm FinePix S3pro. This camera is made for wedding pro shooters. Of course you will hear any camera will do just fine, it's true but for the quality build, bang for the buck, flexibility I think this is the best. With 12.3 mp and a very wide selection of Nikon lenses...you are in the zone my friend.

Answer 3

Nikon D80 is the best choice but I suggest you take a course in Wedding Photography before doing weddings - it's harder than it looks and it's very easy to foul up someone's important day of their life. See the ads in the back of Practical Photography for courses. Expect to pay $500 plus for a decent course.I've had to reshoot several wedding albums that inexperienced photographers have messed up .That included some so-called professionals....Wedding photography is not suitable as a start-up business

Answer 4

If you don't know what camera you should use, then you are not ready to shoot weddings for pay.

Wedding photography is not easy to do well. Perhaps you should take a couple of years to learn photography, maybe assist a seasoned pro for a season or two before you start your business.

Answer 5

you're going about this backward. initially, once you study how a digicam applications with appreciate to movie and likewise digital medium, you are able to have a more effective powerful theory of which course you pick to pass. There are professionals with movie cameras, digital cameras and some also with both. in spite of that determination, you received't in uncomplicated words desire a digicam, yet besides a range of lenses. Which lenses, will be determined by potential of the medium you pick. maximum digital lenses have a 35mm equivalent. yet then you definately might want to pick movie and then the format will dictate that determination. after all you'll likely desire a average huge attitude, your "frequent" lens, a "portrait" lens and perchance a average telephoto. The focal lengths of those lenses will determination with format and the variety of imagery you want to specialise in. also you'll purchase one or more effective strobe instruments. maximum of those that are equipped into the digicam were at maximum perfect made for snapshots, and are not in any respect perfect for specialist images. Now for the kicker, have you ever taken an artwork direction? Do you've a watch for composition? you may want to learn technique, creativity might want to come from interior of. i'm truly no longer wide awake of the present pricing of kit, yet i will allow you to do not forget that once i change into taking pictures again interior the late 70's, I carried 3 tremendous circumstances that contained 4 digicam bodies, 12 lenses, and three different strobe instruments, 2 of the cameras were motor geared up and can want to run 6 frames per second. That change into basically area of my "field" equipment. Studio kit change into yet another 2 cameras, an collection of lenses for each, lights kit, and positively a huge array of filters. My field kit change into certainly worth $25,000 and the studio setup at $50,000. do not forget that change into interior the 70's. specialist images is a serious venture.

Answer 6

If you are just shooting "staged" pictures after the actual ceremony; famil shots etc. then a Medium format camera (like a Mamiya 7 approx. £900) would be best, if you are also shooting the reception and taking candid shots then an SLR would be ideal.

Answer 7

What business are you starting up?

If you're starting up a wedding photography or wedding video business, and are not experienced enough to know what camera is to be used, then I'd say you're nowhere near ready to set up that business.

Sorry mate, I've seen quite a few people whose wedding photos were far from adequate due to inexperienced photographers.

Answer 8

go to yahoo shopping
digital cameras
digital camera guide
go through the questions
and it will lead you to the perfect camera

Answer 9

You would probably be better getting a couple of different ones but the Canon Digital SLR EOS 30D is quite good.

Answer 10

the best camera to use is a olympus sp-350 its got loads of scene like wedding, night , etc etc im sure u will like it and good look in your buisness.