Is an M9 a good wedding camera ?

[bobbyrab]

And I'd still like to know what the macro is for! (Insert smiley of choice.)

Cheers,

R.[/QUOTE]

Perhaps not true macro, but certainly much closer focus than is possible with an M9 without the specialist lens.
These are all taken at the macro end of a standard zoom 24-70, detail shots will be expected in most wedding coverage and more so if shooting for Bridal magazines. I also prefer if I can to get details of flowers and rings in real time as it were, not doing that couple holding hands to get the ring shot thing, but you have to work very close very quickly and an M wouldn't be the first camera I'd turn to for these.

 

[135format]

Macro weddings? Sounds kinky!

Well you gotta get the consummation shot😉

 

[jsrockit]

Well you gotta get the consummation shot😉

Ba dump ba ... crash!

 

[ryanflynn]

There's a place for rangefinders and SLR's at weddings. But yes, of course it's possible. You can do almost anything with any camera. People who say otherwise aren't thinking about it correctly.

 

[Dektol Dan]

What is a proper wedding Camera?

What is a proper wedding Camera?

I have a neighbor that teaches photography at the local J.C.. The favorite standard he beats to death is, 'well, that isn't a professional camera.....'

I was raised Mormon, to a Mormon non Temple Marriages are second class events. My dad (a professional photographer) always volunteered too shoot these events. After all, they did mean something to the folks getting married.

So, I found myself an apprentice of sorts. I shot cameras large and small, flash and without (like my father). By the time I was 16 I had shot 5 or 6 weddings on my own. The camera that I used NEVER made a difference. My skill, or lack thereof DID.