how well would this do to shot a large group of people. i am shooting a wedding and they would like a picture of all the guests.
1025740
Shooting groups of people with an ultrawide works well, but people on the extreme edges of the frame will appear stretched out. It's also not the fastest lens, especially at the longer focal length, so you will most likely need a flash if you're planning on shooting indoors. It's a fun lens, but you may be better off using a faster wide/normal lens, such as the 17-55mm 2.8, or the sigma 18-35mm 1.8.
1025741
At 10mm you will get distorsion which can be corrected (not completely but very good) with lens correction in LR. @ 22mm you get a prety decent picture. I eould say that irlt dependa on the number of people in the picture and the space you have to do it.
1025742
This is a wide angle lens intended for taking pics of scenery and architecture. It's not optimal for taking pictures of people, but at 22mm it is capable without a doubt.
1025743
It's a wide angle lens so it should shoot the group just fine. I use it mostly for shooting landscapes.
2069809
Sorry, I don't have wedding photography experience. But I think this lens is better for portrait of a single person. If you want to take group picture, you need to keep quite far away. For the aperture range, it depends on the lighting condition. Hope this helps
795597
You will get the whole group in, but this lens adapter gives a fisheye effect and in my opinion is more for fun rather than group shots. FYI the lower you go on your lens ( 18mm for example instead of 50) youll see more of the fisheye distortion.
492811
Parties or anything with people because a lot of people will fit in the image since it is a wide lens. I also like using this indoors or where I am pretty close to the subject. If you don't need the portability I would suggest the regular kit zoom since the autofocus makes it equally good in dark lighting.
607807
It would work, yes, but wouldn't autofocus and so wouldn't be ideal for family portraits IMO/IME.
300737
Yes, I was pleasantly surprised with the great results in photographing people in very low lighting conditions that I would have thought required a flash. Make sure you change the setting on the dial from A (for automatic) to P and turn off the flash unit when taking pics of people in low lighting.
1552224
I use it this way on Sony E-mount (APS-C size sensor) but for micro 4/3 like Panasonic GH2 the field of view might be a little too narrow for what you describe. It would take excellent shots of people and probably faces, but typically not great for more than a couple people inside or entire buildings outside.
743672
So far is been really good. I've done a 2 hour amatuer photo shoot with a friend modeling for me. Had over 200 pictures, many with a flash and various camera modes and it was only down to 1/2 charge on the power meter. I was not doing much for zooming though since all shots were within 6 feet.
1833851
Yes! A wide angle lens will always be helpful when taking the group shots especially if you do not have plenty of space to back up. It is also helpful in getting those shots that capture the entire event that is taking place.
542245
Since there is no zoom in or out it would depend how far back you can stand from the wedding party. I would say this is a great lense for a wedding. Not sure if it would be my only one though.
1606763
Good luck. Very tough conditions. Dark, long exposure times. I'm sure if you have a good tripod and electric shutter control it would be awesome!
1518344
Depends on what you are trying to do. I used mine for a wedding of 150 people and everyone though it was great. I have a friend who uses it as the speaker for his electric bass he plays in a dance band and it works just fine. If you have a 5000 sq. ft. room with 500 people you will need a sub. It may be only 200 watts rms and 1000watts peak, but outdoors cranked up, run by a line in from the headphone jack of a tablet, you can hear it clearly a block away. Use it in your living room and it will cause hearing damage.
369371
Its pretty decent for portraiture, but for event shooting, i'd go with either reflections off the walls or a diffuser. When using the softbox, you just have to make sure its not going all flimsy on you and that the leather isnt blocking any of the flash (Have the soft box erect as possible)
2069808
this is a great lens, and with the 1.8 aperture, it really does low light well. However, its not going to do very well at group pictures because it can't go very wide. If you are trying to do group photos at a wedding, looking at a 35mm 1.8 or a 50mm 1.8.
2069810
Depends on the size of the group and how far away you can get. Generally it would be better suited to portraiture than group shots. A 35mm or 50mm would be better suited to groups. Without looking at the lens I believe it goes from f1.8-f22. I rarely shoot at f22 as it can tend to be a little soft in most lenses also I don't need that much depth of field in a portrait lens. Hope that helps
221798
This should work well for you but the most important things are the tripod and a remote shutter release. My wife uses this setup all of the time for full length portraiture.
181828
I shot weddings all day with this camera. In some cases i have to bump up the iso in low light situations but it processes the image wonderfully. I also shot concerts, worst lighting you can think of and the D800E makes it happen. You won't have any issues with this camera.