Re: Wedding photography

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Caesar <caesar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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 would say go digital. I have the interesting experience of seeing a 
pro photographer at a formal dinner.  He did the pictures of people 
being presented on arriving.   Just before we went in to dinner he 
discovered a problem with the memory card. He was reviewing things on a 
laptop.

We all had to line up and be presented again on the way into dinner.

My point is that had he had the equally unlikely failure with film he 
would not have known until the following morning when it would have been 
far too late and there would have been no pictures..

As they had a laptop and projector there after dinner  we could see (and 
order) our prints. Also it prompted some people to have additional 
pictures taken with friends.

As was pointed out by the poster with the slide show: With digital you 
can show/check  the photos (and get some orders)  as soon as they are 
taken. This gives you the op****tunity to rectify any problems.

It is amazing what can happen outside your control at these events.

As for quality.... a 10/12Mp Canon or Nikon et-al digital back will give 
the required quality. You may be able to tell the difference if you blow 
the image up to 6foot square but I about any of the quests would even if 
you point it out to them.

You could buy a film and a digital back, use both and I bet that after a 
couple of months the film back won't come out of it's box.
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