Can I borrow your Nikon F5 body?

[Rick A]

It appears there's a Nikon for sale in our classifieds for cheap, never hurts to have a backup.

[lxdude]

Looking at your lens list...might not hurt to have a moderate wide angle, too.

[clayne]

If it's a wedding I'd say a wide angle is pretty much mandatory.

[Kiron Kid]

Get an F100 as a back-up or main rig. I actually find the F100 to be the better rig for weddings.

[TSSPro]

I second the buying a backup camera. With two- you not only have a back up, you now have 72 frames before a reload, and/or you can have two different stocks loaded at one time. One black and white, one color....or whatever.

As for the batman utility camera belt idea- I've made one of those for my Bronica, yes you look a little strange (I ceartainly feel strange when I wear it) but it is nice to have.

And I dont know if they are still available now, but I remember seeing ads for formal dress vests that were made for wedding photographers. They were photo vests designed to go with your tux.

Try this site http://www.buy.com/prod/ador-tuxedo-...211118720.html

[EdColorado]

I'll second the idea of trying to get an F100 as a second body. When I did a wedding in similiar circumstances, I used an F5 for all the colour work, and an F2 for all the black & white. It was an outdoor wedding so I was able to switch cameras at will, and swap lenses between cameras. (I think I would have gotten confused if I used two identical bodies)

Whatever works for each photographer but when I used to shoot motorsports I always carried two Canon T90s. The idea was when the main body broke (never happened) I could switch to the backup without any hesitation or thought. After many events without any problems I ended up usually loading different films (or the same with different lens choices) in each and designating the different film type with colored tape.

[tiberiustibz]

I have an N80 which will do just fine for photographing. As long as you have the glass.

[fschifano]

Second that idea of an F90. They're downright cheap on the used market and a darned fine camera too. Probably cost you less than the rental of an F5 for the day and you'll have it always as a backup.

[Kiron Kid]

The 20mm should be wide enough for wedding work. I love burning Neopan 400CN for wedding work. I rate it @ 250 for that type of shooting. Great results.





Kiron Kid

[lxdude]

I would imagine that the 20mm is wide enough. I'm thinking a moderate wide angle could come in handy. Something to fill the gap, like say a 28.