What are the best Nikon lenses for Wedding photography?
Hi, I'm using Nikon D90, would like to buy good lenses for wedding photography, can you please suggest
If you don't know the answer to this question, you should not be doing wedding photography.
For low light shooting, try-:
AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
http://imaging.nikon.com/.../index.htm
and, your kit lens is enough good for taking photos in day light
You can get the Nikon 50mm f/1.8D. Its sharp, colorful, lightweight and the bokeh it produces is outstanding. You can capture both beautiful portraits and full-size body shots. Its an excellent lens. I'm sure you'll love it. Its not too expensive either so its a pretty good deal. And its low light performance is commendable. I suggest you read this review to help you more:
http://www.amazon.com/...MS065H1TF/
I've looked around and this is the best deal i could find for it:
The 24-70 f2.8 will be the center of your kit. Supplement that with a tele like the 70-200 f2.8 and a prime or two like a 85mm. If your style can do it you might want to get something ultrawide as well like tokina's 11-16
I agree with Snowbird, since you have to ask this question you're obviously not equipped to do wedding photography.
The one thing you've obviously missed because you apparently have no training, any lens will work if you know how to operate it and how to light properly for the situation.
With 35mm film, I survived at first with just a 50mm f/1.4 (normal/standard). Life became easier when I had the 35mm (wide angle). I also was given a 200mm but I found out it was useless in weddings so I just brought along two flash guns and three sets of batteries for it.
For you, the 18-55mm lens will do as it can go from wide (for large group shots) to short telephoto (for portraits).To improve on portraits, you may want to add a 50mm f/1.8.To improve overall shooting, get the biggest flash you can afford.
http://www.rokkorfiles.com/Wedding101-page1.html
http://photo.net/learn/wedding/wedding-photography-tips-with-jeff-ascough/
For general use go for the 17mm to 55mm f2.8 which will cost you around £800 in the UK. If cash is a problem then Tamron and Sigma make similar lenses around 18mm to 50mm at f2.8. That will cover nearly all situations from a big group in a restricted space to head and shoulder portraits. Fixed lenses such as a 35mm are of less use in fast-moving situations. You may want later to buy a longer lens also, but get some experience first to see if you would want a longer lens very often.
As another answer says, if you really have no idea about lenses then get some experience as an assistant to a wedding photographer before launching yourself on the commercial market.