What camera do you professional photographers use for your business?

[LYSSA718]

I am wondering what kind of camera any of you use... preferably for a professional photography business. I have a Nikon D60 and love it, but feel it's not good enough for weddings or professional shots. What do you think?

[OsmosisStudios]

It''s good enough if you know how to use it properly for weddings. I've got a few shots that I would deem useable from my D80 (same sensor, similar processor) but I don't have the guts to go ahead and start weddings.

Generally weddings means two things: low light and long distances. That usually means full-frame (D700/D3) and fast glass (large apertures). Both those things are expensive, which is why you usually lose money for the first year as a wedding photog.

[A@EPOCH]

Our studio incorporates the use of two Canon 40D's as well as a wide arrange of lenses between 10-200mm. 10-20, 24-70, 70-200 and some fun creative lenses like our fisheye and lensbaby. Outside the studio I shoot with a Canon 50D and Canon XSI as a back up for band promo's and weddings. However if I had my way a full frame Canon 5D Mark II would be my main body with my 50D as a second body. The benefit of a FF camera for me is the ability to shoot with better performance in low light situations such as in a chruch or on a dimly lit stage. Please keep this in mind, I cannot stress enough, your professionalism comes out in the way you carry yourself as a photographer and the subsequent pictures you take.