asked to do wedding is my camera good enough

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Typical after selling my dslr and buying a bridge camera Sony HX1, my brother now annouces hes getting married and asked me to do the photography.

so now i have a Sony HX1 http://www.sony.co.uk/product/dsc-h-series/dsc-hx1

wedding isnt till next oct so got plenty of time to save again abd buy dslr!

so real Q is would my HX1 be good enough or should i buy/borrow a dslr?

thanks Ali
 
Show us some shots in the following conditions

3200 ISO
Into the sun (flare and metering)
wide aperture (for depth of field)

I know a lot of people keep banging on about "It's the photographer, not the gear.". When it comes to the wedding, the gear becomes REALLY important !
 
i got the impression he wasnt to fussed about them not being profesional quality!
but at the same time I said to him its your wedding and will have one chance to get it right.

my photography style is landscape and abstract, he said to me if you can do a picture like this:
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then i trust you can do our wedding fine.

right im of to the park to take a few pics with those settings requested!!
 
adbp1 said:
DSC01517.jpg

then i trust you can do our wedding fine.
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On 1 hand, you can argue that you have an eye for a shot. However, in a wedding, you don't have time to set up a shot on a tripod, use a remote shutter release and take the shot. People move, you have to move and it's a totally different ball game to landscape photography.
 
Raymond Lin said:
On 1 hand, you can argue that you have an eye for a shot. However, in a wedding, you don't have time to set up a shot on a tripod, use a remote shutter release and take the shot. People move, you have to move and it's a totally different ball game to landscape photography.
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yep and thats what im worried about!
 
I think your biggest problem with the HX1 won't be image quality per se but rather creating a shallow depth of field with a small sensor. This is essential for portrait work at weddings, I'd have thought.
 
Also if your covering a wedding... its highly advisable to have a 2nd camera and get some shots on that so worse comes to worst you don't lose it all.

Aslong as you get a handful of good shots people generally aren't too bothered if the rest are fairly average.
 
I'm not an expert on any of this stuff or anything remotely close to so take anything I say with a healthy pinch of salt...

Looking through Sony HX1 sample images I notice that it has amazing depth and range with shadows and mid-tones but the highlights (which is typical with many cameras) don't have enough range and blow in brighter scenes on white - which is something you don't really want at a wedding white dress and sunlight and all that - obviously the shadows/blacks you can easily adjust the levels afterwards - but highlights not so easy. I don't know how adjustable that is on the camera.
 
there is no way to compare landscape photography where you have all the time in the world to set up and take the shot (and retake it if your not happy)

compared to a wedding where things move fast and you have one moment to take and then its gone

knowing your equipment inside out (which ever camera you use) and having experience of differently lit environments is very important.
 
Are you going to be the main photographer? If yes then invest in a DSLR with the right kit, maybe ask your brother to help fund it as you are helping him out and he ll be saving a fortune if you are doing it for free.

If my wedding photographer turns up at my wedding with a bridge camera, I would be rather disappointed.
 
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