> After wading through innumerable messages on this arduous thread, I go back to the original and conclude that Jody is simply unprepared to do this wedding. Remember that "I'm gonna do a wedding this weekend, how do I start?" thread a year or so back. ;o) <<If you go digital, capital outlay for enough card memory to do the job(s) is simply required. >> Yup. If you can afford the camera(s) and associated hardware / software you have to afford the storage / batteries. The decision not to store high res images surely *must* be made only when the format of the end product (web only) makes high res overkill. Not because you only have a single 250Mb card to store an assignments worth of shots ;o) <<It's tres cool to save money by not spending it on film, >> indeed ... it's cool to save money, but even easier to lose track of where you are actually spending it. <<but foolish to go to someone's wedding unprepared. I also wonder, what if Jody experiences a breakdown with that D100 ? Will she have a spare body>> Electronics are so reliable these days, what possibly could go wrong? ;o) <<fully capable of doing the job ? I doubt it. Printing the couple's pics on a lower-end Epson ? >> It's that old "what is it you do that sets you above what your customers can do for themselves?" A lot of it is the *eye*. Trouble is while you know that, "camcorder-man" just sees your hardware. <<This is the other side of how photography gets devalued, to use a term bandied about here regularly.>> "Photography" here you mean the profession of photography (?). Well yes, for sure. << Is Jody doing this wedding for free for friends who have no money ? Or is this a regular paying job ? Because if she is charging competitive, professsional prices, she is surely not delivering competitive, professional-caliber services/risk levels. >> IME it does not matter whether you are charging or doing a favour, your reputation preceeds you. Basic spares are a must - a fall back plan. Two (or more) bodies is almost de rigeur for film with the second body being pretty much as good as the first. <<Just my opinion>> Not an objective assessment then <<VBG>>.
