Last Minute Advice for Niece's Wedding Tomorrow

[joeleszc]

My sister asked me if I could video my niece's wedding tomorrow. I have a Nikon D7000 camera. I'm looking for lens suggestions, ISO recommendations, white balance setting suggestions etc. My lens are listed below. They are not expecting a last minute professional job but I want to do my best. I'm thinking either the Tamron 17-50 or Nikon 85 1.8 for the reception and maybe the Sigma 70 200 F2.8 for the church. Your thoughts and tips are appreciated. Thanks Joe

Nikon 18-135mm 3.5-5.6 Kit Lens
Nikon 70-300mm VR 4.5-5.6
Nikon 35mm F2
Nikon 85mm F1.8
Tamron 17-50mm F2.8 VC
Sigma APO DG Macro HSM 70 - 200mm F2.8 II

[Dave_EP]

So, I am way late here - but how did it go?

[elyuma]

This is late but i still going to add my comments.

• 17-50 is better for the reception... you will need wide angle a lot as well zoom sometimes.
• For the ceremony it will depend where you will be standing or moving around.
• ISO will depend on the location, but don't go to high otherwise you will get noise. I keep my 60D under 1600.
  
• white balance shoot a white or gray card and you can fix it later on post production i haven't play that mush with white balance on DSLR.
  
• also recommend using an external microphone and if possible a second camera for the ceremony.. sometime those go for long time and the DSLR have a 4GB limit and you dont want to cut while they are talking

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I used to have a HV20 all the way back on the church for wide shots with the wireless mic and then move around with the other camcorder.

Hope this help for future video... did Wedding videography for 3 years.