Telephoto lens for wedding?

[Victor Nguyen]

Just finish shooting my first wedding. I was second shooter and the guy who hire me let me use his 70-200 f2.8. However I want to own my own telephoto lens. The problem is, I'm a student so I don't have much money. Anybody have a suggestion for under $1000? I also have a Rokinon 85mm btw.

[Jeff Harper]

Canon 70-200 F/2.8 without IS goes for around $900-1200.

[Buba Kastorski]

and Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 no IS, goes for $500-600, just remember, shooting video @200mm without IS you'll need a heavy tripod, Sigma is a sharp lens, but Canon's IS as just amazing and very helpful

[Bill Grant]

I might also suggest the 70-200 f/4 IS. I think the IS is critical, and you should be able to get away with f/4 at a ceremony...

[Victor Nguyen]

wow where can I find sigma non IS? BH shows it at discontinue.

[Buba Kastorski]

Originally Posted by Victor Nguyen

wow where can I find sigma non IS? BH shows it at discontinue.

local classifieds, or ebay, here it's $900 new from Henry's

[Ben Creighton]

I love the images from my Tamron 70-200 ($795.00 on Amazon), but even on a monopod, it's tough for me to keep the image stable at full zoom. IS would definitely be nice since I am running and gunning with it, but it's $1,500 bucks more for the Canon glass.Yikes.

[James Strange]

I've used the tamron 70-200, the sigma 70-200, and the canon 70-200 IS

as expensive as the canon is, the IS really does make a huge difference.

[Victor Nguyen]

Originally Posted by Ben Creighton

I love the images from my Tamron 70-200 ($795.00 on Amazon), but even on a monopod, it's tough for me to keep the image stable at full zoom. IS would definitely be nice since I am running and gunning with it, but it's $1,500 bucks more for the Canon glass.Yikes.

what monopod do you have?

[Ben Creighton]

I have a Manfrotto 560B. A bit light for balancing a Canon 7D with a 70-200, I realize, but again I am running and gunning with it and often have much smaller/lighter lenses in use. So I have been making do with it and I just take a deep breath, literally, and steady it as much as possible. I have Manfrotto quick release plates on all of my cameras so I can switch back and forth on mono or tripods in a flash. I also use 2 Manfrotto tripods and I have their joystick head on my Konova slider. So - any camera, any lens, any pod in 15 seconds. Gotta move fast!! :)

[Evan Bourcier]

I'm renting the non-is canon 70-200 next weekend for a wedding. I've used it before for photo, this will be my first attempt using it with video though, so we'll see how it goes! I would love to rent the IS, it's twice as much though and it's a low budget wedding :\

[Victor Nguyen]

Originally Posted by Evan Bourcier

I'm renting the non-is canon 70-200 next weekend for a wedding. I've used it before for photo, this will be my first attempt using it with video though, so we'll see how it goes! I would love to rent the IS, it's twice as much though and it's a low budget wedding :\

Even, tell me how your wedding went after. In the meantime, I think I can get a 200 mm L f2.8 for 600 and I think I might jump the gun and get this lens.

[Victor Nguyen]

Originally Posted by Ben Creighton

I have a Manfrotto 560B. A bit light for balancing a Canon 7D with a 70-200, I realize, but again I am running and gunning with it and often have much smaller/lighter lenses in use. So I have been making do with it and I just take a deep breath, literally, and steady it as much as possible. I have Manfrotto quick release plates on all of my cameras so I can switch back and forth on mono or tripods in a flash. I also use 2 Manfrotto tripods and I have their joystick head on my Konova slider. So - any camera, any lens, any pod in 15 seconds. Gotta move fast!! :)

I know what you mean. I keep fiddling with the tripod on my last wedding and now I finally got the 561 hbdv manfrotto monopod. Gonna use it on a wedding coming up in July.

[Victor Nguyen]

I just found some old nikkor lenses on ebay like 180 f2.8 and 135 f 2.8 ais lenses. Do you guys think it's good?

[Evan Bourcier]

Hey, just thought I'd peek back in and say that though the 70-200 was awesome, I wish I had gotten the IS version. Just my 0.2. If you're tight on the budget the non-is 70-200 2.8 is great too, but even if it means renting I'd say the IS is worth it. Also depends how much you're actually gonna use it.. It's easy enough to cut a little shake in post if it's just 1-2 shots, 20 on the other hand..