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Deliberating on kit for event and portraiture. 16-55, or others?

Started Dec 11, 2018 | Discussions thread
ViMa
ViMa Senior Member • Posts: 2,150
Re: Deliberating on kit for event and portraiture. 16-55, or others?

hotaruhikari wrote:

That's good to hear. Heaviness was a slight concern, but as it has very similar weight to the 24-105 which I've used in the past, I should be able to handle it.

Regarding flashes, I suppose I should get a few in case I need them. I personally dislike the artificial look they create, but in some particularly dark venues I could see them being particularly useful.

How do you find hand-holding the 16-55 in dark conditions? I find that anything less than 1/125th often causes motion blur in people (thus why I don't prioritise stabilization), but I've only used stabilised zooms in the past.

I wanted to get the TT685F because I had read somewhere that the TT350F is too weak a flash. Folks in this forum kindly suggested that I go for the TT350F instead. Apparently the bigger one is a bit too big for the X-T2 and they say that the TT350F is good enough a first flash. There is also the V350F option with a rechargeable battery. At the moment they cost about 120 quid.

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Cheers,
Vittorio

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