Would this be good for wedding party photos or for large groups of people?
1668544
This lens would help with group shots. As always, a lot depends on the skill of the artist and the quality of the camera, but yes, it would be good.
544613
These worked great for our wedding. We used the larger one as a greeting card holder and the smaller for wishing cards. Our wedding was only about 60 guests so, if you have a much larger guest count you might need to look for something bigger.
247582
I photographed a group of about 15 in a very dark room and it did very well. It's mainly about your placement of people and the lights to avoid shadows.
1642503
Definitely. It's so much fun, and bringing it to parties or out on the town is a real conversation starter! Works well, and if you like crafting, it's great to use the pictures in cards or crafts or as gifts.
624763
Jennifer, I would think it would be handy for banquet planning and layout. They have templates for everything, including rectangles, round tables, chairs, etc. that you can make to the size you need. You can duplicate the walls, wall openings, doorways, etc, so you get good traffic flow. It's not hard to use, and if you run into problems, call the help line and they walk you through. Good Luck, Brooke
246421
Yes, I shot a wedding last month and it worked great. Ultra fast recycle time.
1083181
Depends on what you want to use it for. Photos take a huge amount of computer space as do some games with graphics.
1070430
It depends on what you are using it for. If you are shooting landscapes, the crop will likely be a deterant. However, when shooting weddings it is almost better with the crop. I like to use my fisheye for the reception dancing shots (gives a nice fun look), but on my full frame this is just too wide....I can hardly see any faces!
1076818
I think so. Is perfect for photography. You can always adjusted to make it look good in the pics.
1833848
I don't do weddings but I don't think that a wide angle lens would be a good lens for people shots at a wedding. Wide angle distorts faces and wouldn't be a lens of choice except perhaps group shots or landscape motives. For people portraits one would usually use a prime or zoom lens somewhere between 85 and 135 mm focal length.
174182
Would work fine. I D-Jayed a wedding with 200 people with it. Put it in a suitcase with other equipment and then on a plane to Philadelphia. It worked great. Would be just fine for your venue. Compact and fairly powerful. I used a laptop for the music.
1929614
Quite good. If the party is of moderate size, it should be excellent. Probably not suitable for very large parties.
2239729
I would absolutely recommend this product I just used it for all of my destination wedding invitations and my guests loved it. I used my personal hp printer at home to print all of the invitations, but you could take it to a Kinko's or FedEx and have the printing done there.
360250
you can get some exceptional candid close up shots with this lens the blur out the back well! I say try it. Not for the whole wedding though, you might want another lens.
149804
I would say 80 is really pushing it. With a crowd that big, it'll be difficult to overcome the crowd noise. And the area needed for a party that size will probably be a bit beyond the range of what this system can deliver. The system is geared more towards home theater, so for your specific needs I'd recommend looking elsewhere.
91514
Well, it depends on the lighting inside the church. Personally, I love using a 70-200 f2.8 lens for that type of event, but it depends on the lighting. If the lighting is poor then you will be stuck shooting at f2.8 to get a higher shutter speed which isn't bad, but you will have to pay attention to your depth of field. Overall, this would be a great lens for that type of event.
607808
This is not a lens for the purpose you ask about. On your camera it would be equal to a 200 mm lens which is not useful for group photos. I'd stick with your 18-55 mm lens for family photos