Canon 70mm - 200mm f4 Non-IS OK For Indoor Weddings?

[William Michael]

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<p>"Depend on conditions of course"</p>

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<p>Agreed -<br>

Nice shot: F/4 @ 1/200s @ ISO320 and seemingly correct exposure for skin tones.<br>

But that is relatively a lot of light for inside a Church as we know many Churches will be significantly darker: so it will, indeed, depend upon the lighting conditions.</p>

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<p>BUT also importantly:<br>

Can you please confirm that - <em>the lens used to make that shot was the</em><strong> <em>EF 70 to 200 F/4 L USM</em></strong>?<br>

Because, if the lens used to make that sample were the<strong><em> EF 70 to 200 F/4 L IS USM</em></strong> and the Image Stabilization were engaged, then that would really render the sample "not reasonable", for this particular discussion.</p>

<p>WW</p>

 

[alioffe]

<p>William, Please forgive me for misleading. I reviewed EXIF and found you are right: it was IS and most likely it was ON. Please disgard my comment above and thank you for noticing.<br>

As per conditions, this church has big windows (see attached) The wheather was cloudy. I also reviewed other pictures taken on the same ceremony and found that ISO for them was in range 125 - 2500 while aperture f / 4 - 4.5. I used aperture priority mode and automatic ISO and the exposure time was no shorter than 1/200 but often 1/80 or like when focus length was short (of course IS was VERY helpful).<br>

Based on this observation I would not recommend use the lens without IS. IS is generally OK for church because on the ceremony people usually moving slowly. </p><div></div>

[William Michael]

<p>Thank you for clarifying.<br />I made no assumption that your post was ‘misleading’ and for me anyway, no apology is necessary.</p>

<p>Yes - I agree that IS can become very useful for Church Ceremonies (and similar indoor events), when the shutter speed starts to wander slower than 1/180s or thereabout.</p>

<p>But also, returning to the COMBINED issues of: Maximum Aperture of the Lens and Maximum ISO of the camera – it is really important to have a general idea of generally, what the Lighting Level will be – for example this is typical of the Ambient Light of many older Churches (in Europe) <br /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/16912434-lg.jpg" alt="" width="1500" height="1071" /><br />E 24 to 104 F/4 L<br />F/4.5 @ 1/10s @ ISO1600 (IS-ON)</p>

<p>Certainly with a 5DMkIII or a 6D behind that lens, bumping to ISO6400 would be very useful, but with an F/4 lens - still would only get me to a shutter speed of 1/50s and that can be quite a challenge with a Standing or Kneeling, Bride and Groom – as they do tend to wobble a bit.</p>

<p>WW</p>