Re: Wedding photography

little things make a big difference. I shot weddings with both 35m  and 
medium format, depending on the subject. several things are as im****tant
as 
negative size. The day you send the negs for C41 makes a big difference. 
developer works best when freshly mixed and unused. Shooting two stops
down 
from full lens opening makes by far the sharpest photos. Fresh film is 
im****tant too, buy pro film and keep it in a cooler. I have 16X20 blow ups

of 35mm that would rival medium format and in fact have won international 
awards.  Bridal photos need not be sharp. In fact they are often purposely

diffused.unless the bride happens to have the skin of a super model. I
have 
a gold custom made diffusion filter for that purpose. 35mm is useful also 
for your assistant to carry for those unexpected "gems" for the album. My 
camera of choice for weddings is the pentax 645 with the roll film back. 
Never a need to stop the action for reloading. I stay with film for the 
reason Ansel Adams stayed with B &W. I know the processes and have been 
successful with them.

"Caesar" <caesar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Hi,
>
> I shot film (35mm) for many years, had my own dark room and stopped 10
> years ago. Now I want to jump back shooting weddings. Since my
> photographer is leaving us and the area, I better do it now myself since
> I have to attend to the weddings anyway.
>
> I still have a Canon 10D which I bought 5 years ago. This is not an
> option and would be only a back-up.
>
> I'm thinking of buying two new Canon EOS 3 film cameras. You might think
> why go "backwards" and not digital.
> Well I thought about it and I believe film is still the better option
> (price, time consumption and quality).
>
> I have 2 lenses (I have more but these are the two which I intend to
> use)- the 24-70/2.8 L USM and the 70-200/2.8 L USM IS.
> Would you recommend to get a fixed 85/1.2 L lens too?
> Since it is hard to get the Fuji 100 films (only 200 are available here)
> it might be too bright for this lens and the type of weddings I will
> shoot with this lens (mostly beach and island weddings with bright sun
> light and sand).
> Would you recommend to get an EOS 3 and an EOS 1 or would the two EOS 3
> be sufficient?
> No s****ts photography here so I don't even want to bother with the PBE2
> (minimizing weight since these lenses are already quite heavy).
>
> Would this setup be ok or do you have any other suggestions?
>
> Thank you for your input.
>
> Cheers
> Caesar