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nick williams wrote:
Photographing a couple walking down the aisle in a dark church at f1.8 is not that easy for a lot of cameras, along with a very dark first dance.
I've been shooting with a pair of Z6 II for a bit of a year, and been in just about every bad lighting situation, and the Z6 II has handled everything with aplomb. The large/wide AF point is your friend. That includes the bride and her father walking down a dark church aisle at f/1.8. The 85/1.8 and the Z6 II are stellar for this situation.
I use the 28mm f/1.4 for the dance floor, and it's rock solid. Do I miss some shots? Sure. People are moving around at a frenzied pace, but I also hit so many fantastic shots. ...and I'm shooting at f/1.4.
I can't think of a better wedding camera than the Z6 II. It's small, unassuming (depending on your lens combo), light, with insanely fast and accurate AF compared to my old D750 - which was a workhorse before I started dabbling in mirrorless with the Sony a7II, a7rII and the Fuji XT-2 bodies.
I absolutely love the 85/1.8 S + the 28/1.4E (adapted) combo for a wedding day. I swap the 85 for the 50/1.8 S when needed/wanted, but the 28/1.4E is welded to one camera body the entire day.
I could end here, at the Z6 II, and be 100% ecstatic this is where my wedding camera tech journey ends. I especially love the fact I can adapt any other lens to this camera, so there's endless supply of modern and vintage glass available. I love using my old Contax Zeiss 180/2.8 Sonnar CY mount, 85/1.4 and 50/1.4 Planar CY mount lenses for portraits. I use a Zeiss 100/2 Makro Planar for close-ups and some portraits - but the rendering of the 85/1.4 CY mount is just gorgeous.
I have zero need for the Z9, while acknowledging there are sports photographers who desperately needed such a camera. YMMV, but the damn, if the Z6 II isn't nearly a perfect camera for my wedding photography.
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