Going to a wedding. What should I take?

[schow]

I have a Yashica GSN and a Canonet 28. Which one should I bring and why? I am leaning towards the canonet 28 since it is smaller, but the Yashica is damn cool but bigger.

What do ya'll think? 😎

 

[back alley]

any reason not to take both?

 

[bmattock]

Both nice choices. If you are shooting available light, the Yashica GSN has a faster lens. If you can use flash, the Canonet 28 has (I believe) a 'flastmatic' system that makes flubs hard to do if you have a matched flash as well. I actually don't know if the 28 has that or not, the GIII QL 17 does.

Weddings are places of extreme contrasts - very black and very white clothing, and you want to keep detail in both, normally. That means color print film and probably 'pro' wedding film (Kodak and Fuji both make excellent stuff). If the combination of very light and very dark clothes throws off the metering in the Yashica, you can't really compensate, since you won't know it is doing it. With the Canonet, you can always refer to an external meter and set aperture/shutter speed manually.

Both have nice lenses and quiet shutters. Hard to go too far wrong, whichever you pick. Could you bring both and leave in the car?

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[Wayne R. Scott]

Take the GSN loaded with Ilford XP-2 and that's the truth!!

Wayne

 

[ch1]

Who and what are your subjects?

Are you the "officiial/unoffcial" photg or just going along for "snaps" and a couple of "artys"?

Is your main reason for attending to take pics or to enjoy the party?

(err...you not the Groom or Bride, are you? - THAT would lead to a whole bunch of other queries).

If you're there to have a good time and take some candid and posed snaps - I'd stick with the Canonet! 😉

 

[willie_901]

Well, if you're going to a wedding you must take a brand-new DSLR and a big honkin' flash. You must have a zoom lens as well (choose this lens based on it's physical size, get the largest one you can find). I was told it is against the law to take a photograph at a wedding where the light is not perfectly even everywhere in the frame–no shadows anywhere–and every shot (by law) must be recorded with autofocus. Don't forget, the attention of every photo must be the B&G. Be sure to hold the DSLR at arm's length when you compose each shot. Whatever you do make sure your pockets are stufffed with batteries so you can look at every single picture as soon as you take it.

However if I were going, I'd ignore this advice and take both your RFs like back alley suggests. I'd load one up with B&W film and I'd put color in the other. If you can only take one RF, I'd take whichever has the fastest lens.

Enjoy

willie (with aplogies to all creative wedding photographers everywhere)

 

[wlewisiii]

Speed. If this event is indoors, you want speed.

Take the GSN and either load it with Fuji 800 or Tri-X at EI1200 (or so) planning to dunk it in Diafine.

That's my free advice and it's worth far less than you paid for it... 😉

William

 

[jamiewakeham]

I'm with William for the speed. So - GSN with Delta 400 @ 800 for indoor. Canonet with Delta 100 for outdoor. Red, orange and yellow filters so you can choose how much to 'slow' the film down if you find you've run out of shutter speed but want to constrain DoF.

Cheers
Jamie

 

[Stuart John]

If I had to pick one I would pick the GSN for its fast lens. For film I would go with Fuji press800 and enjoy just being able to drop them off at a lab.

 

[Kin Lau]

GSN with 400 or 800 speed film indoors. Canonet 28 with slow film, outdoors.

If just one camera, then definitely the GSN. Good fast lense, you can control the aperture, and it meters to at least 800 or 1000. The Canonet 28 only has an "A" (automatic) mode and doesn't have the flash system like it's bigger bro GIII QL17.

 

[schow]

I'm actually going to be in the wedding. I'm a groomsman. I just wanna take a couple of fun pics and am definitely not the wedding photographer.

Since my girlfriend is bringing our digitial camera, sony dsc-h1, I'd like to keep it a bit light. That's why I was thinking of only one camera. That, and we're flying out tomorrow to the Heart of the Misssissippi Delta where the wedding takes place.

Lots of advice to consider. Thanks guys!

Sherm

 

[lubitel]

In that case take a holga with delta 3200 film and have fun! 🙂

 

[ruben]

Going to a wedding. What should I take?

I have a Yashica GSN and a Canonet ...

La corbata amigo, la corbata !

Cheers,
Ruben

 

[Kyle]

Just go with one camera, for sure. You don't want to be bothered with switching films and cameras, etc. Just go, enjoy the party, and take some shots. Good luck!

 

[bmattock]

A coworker was telling me about a recent wedding she attended. The folks getting married put out those disposable cameras for guests to use - way too many of them, apparently. Her husband got a few drinks in him and got creative; the bride and groom are in for a bit of a shock, it would seem.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[planetjoe]

A coworker was telling me about a recent wedding she attended. The folks getting married put out those disposable cameras for guests to use - way too many of them, apparently. Her husband got a few drinks in him and got creative; the bride and groom are in for a bit of a shock, it would seem.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

This, sadly, has become somewhat of a "tradition" at weddings attended by certain characters within my circle of friends. Including my own, as it turned out. In a certain adolescent way, it is kind of funny.

As for my two cents, I'd say go with Delta3200 or Trix, both at EI1600. I personally like the effects given by both in Xtol, which is simply what my lab uses. The Delta comes out very moody, with what I think is pleasant grain. I'll be doing similar groomsman/photographer duty in September, so I'm gearing up as well.

Red, orange and yellow filters so you can choose how much to 'slow' the film down if you find you've run out of shutter speed but want to constrain DoF.

I especially liked this advice. I don't know why I never thought of it, given my penchant for high EI. Thanks.


Cheers,
--joe.

 

[dmr]

Going to a wedding. What should I take?

A gift! 🙂 {ducking, running, hiding}

Well, if you're going to a wedding you must take a brand-new DSLR and a big honkin' flash. You must have a zoom lens as well (choose this lens based on it's physical size, get the largest one you can find).

LOL! I was just at a wedding last weekend and yes, the official photographer had what looked to be a Pentax DSLR with a huge zoom and a lens hood about the size of the lens. 🙂 He didn't have a Big Honkin Flash, but a Little Honkin Flash on a big Stroboframe.

 

[dostacos]

My son is getting married in July and I will be shooting B&W in my Bessa's; one with the 50mm f1.5 the other with the 35mm f2.5 I will bring a Nikon flash "just in case"

oh heck and a Rebel XT with a big A*S zoom 😀

 

[Sean Moran]

Wedding tackle 😉

 

[bmattock]

Wedding tackle 😉

A mighty craic!

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks