Depth of Field 2019 | Susan Stripling | Lenses & Techniques for Wedding Photography 

Very true. Thanks for watching!

Don, that is so kind of you to say!

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never got it. that is the only lens i will never buy.

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Thanks for watching.

Nikon 35mm f1.4 is my go to lens

RF 28-70 2.0 best lens for weddings. paired with one telephoto, that's all you need.

Um, thanks?

@@susanstripling7833 Really great presentation, Susan. I've watched it fully twice now and I'm sure I'll watch it again. Cheers.

In a way we can't know what we want until we put it into practice. I have the 24-70 and 70-200 and rarely use the 70-200 for Indian weddings. However I do agree with her point. This is where current lens rentals come to the rescue. Rent different combinations of glass and see what works best for you.

@@hagarthehorrible1391 I agree with that. I think its more addressed towards those with gear acquisition syndrome (GAS), i.e. acquiring the "best" gear upfront without some in-field indication of what you'll actually use. I think the people who ask "what gear should I get (next)", probably haven't used their current equipment exhaustively and found its shortcomings.

Same here.... Mine sits on the shelf most of the time but maybe I need to dust it off and give it another go

I think better low light performance of sensors is going to make this lens more and more viable for many of us. I own that lens for my Sony and really like it, with a full frame camera unless I really want to isolate something using 2.8 or larger tends to not work as well and makes out of focus objects look soft and unappealing.

@Robenson Dabeck agreed! A 24-105mm IS f2.8 would never come off of my camera

@Robenson Dabeck It may be limits in engineering would make such a lens difficult to make or require a filter over 82mm. I once had a Tamron 28-105 2.8 for my Canon but it wasn't all that sharp.

@Robenson Dabeck True, I sort of feel in some ways Canon like Apple wants to dictate to it's customers what it thinks they want and should have. I recently sold all my Canon lenses and cameras and bought into Sony because I felt the timeline for Canon to offer things I really want will just be too long, I'm 51 years old now and figure I won't be around forever so having great system sooner than later rated high on my list. I'm really liking my 24-105 lens, it's way sharper and better than I would have expected, definitely better than the Canon offering which is apparently good enough for Susan Stripling and I have a lot of respect for her work.

the 85/35/135/70-200/24-105 are all L lenses......

After 20 years of shooting weddings. I had SLR fully manual camera bodies, 35, 50, 85, prime lenses and healthy adroit body that could be at right place at right time. All the wide open apertures emphasis that photographers use these days was not my style and I think is vastly overused. A blurry head in foreground to frame a couple is distasteful beginners eye to me and looks amateurish and gimmicky.Same with overused bokeh. I liked the lightness and maneuverability and less weight and bulk of gear. Dual headed Metz flashes with power variations that could blend with natural light, bounce with fill vertically and horizontally allowed much more speed in variable conditions. I respect the knowledge and abilities of modern digital photographers, but all the bulkiness and weight and expense and fixation on the next new model or glass seems excessive. The artful use of light is impressive and the ISO variations for low light is attractive with the digital technology. However I guess I am just old fashioned with minimal gear for maximum effect.

watch again Bruno!!! LOL

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