I will have to get another body in the following months and I can\'t really decide which way to go.
My current setup (regarding cameras and bodies) is:
- one 1Ds III, one 1D III
- prime lenses: 24 1.4L, 35 1.4L, 50 1.4, 85 1.2L II, 100 2.8 Macro, 135 2.0L
- zoom lenses: 16-35 2.8L II, 24-70 2.8L, 70-200 4L IS
I am mainly a prime shooter and I only shoot weddings (together with my wife). We need 3 bodies and the third one can be a 1D with keeping all the lenses, or can be a 1Ds. Buying the 1Ds would mean selling the 24-70 and 70-200 zooms.
At weddings the 70-200 is rather useless (due to the f/4). I like the lens, but I have three other very good primes in that range anyway.
The 24-70 is used most of the time at 2.8 (and on the 1Ds it does not really shine in terms of sharpness at that aperture). I\'m not a big fan of it because it is heavy an only 2.8. Of couse, the convenience of the zoom range is useful sometimes.
I like the 1Ds because it is full-frame and because of the resolution (this means more croppability and working with primes usually requires more cropping than working with zooms). My ideal setup would be 2 x 1Ds and 1 x 1D. So, would you trade the lenses for getting a better body?
Since you said you only shoot weddings, another 1D3 is the obvious choice. The 1D3 is superior to the 1Ds3 for weddings due mostly to the more appropriate file sizes. The 1Ds3\'s files are better suited to landscape and commercial work, but are very inefficient for wedding work. 10mp is ideal, which makes it the smarter, more efficient choice.
Chris Miller
www.imagineimagery.com
Jan 03, 2009 at 10:55 AM
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