I plan to pick up something a little better down the road to have as a secondary. I’m going with the 7D after doing some 7D vs 5D MK 1 reading because it seems like the better overall deal…but I plan to get maybe a T1i to be a secondary unit later on, etc.
What I have been doing at the weddings is using the rented body as the one with the 17-50mm Tammy and the backup as the one with the 50mm 1.4. I find myself using the Tammy more anyway as it does decent bokeh as well when setting the focus points to manual and getting close.
I think I’ll be okay for the time being…plus some of my friends have decent Canon’s I can always borrow should the need arise. This is probably my last 2 weddings of the season…and by next year I hope to have all my equipment.
My main issues are the ISO settings on the XTi’s, when set remotely higher, become REAL grainy. 1600 on the XTi is turrible, but on the T3i I rented for the last wedding (and the 7D I’m renting for the next wedding), it’s nothing.
Just overall image quality I guess.