Originally posted by Wheatfield You'll have a million people flogging zooms at you but...
I shot weddings very successfully for years with a 50mm lens.
31mm is the new 50, so I'd have to say the 31mm f/1.8LTD would be my choice.
I don't disagree that you can and I have. Any of these 28,31,40 or 43mm would work well for this. My only reason for going to zooms, is simply I don't want to be noticed during a wedding, if at all. So a zoom offers a lot of different framing when shooting from just one or 2 spots. With a prime only, you are going to zoom with your feet.
Some of today's zooms are o good that you can get the results you need with little quality issues. But a lens like the FA50 1.4 or other fast primes are required for speed. I know the limiteds are still the better lens but a couple DA*'s can do the job well also.