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Best Lens for Wedding Photography

No single lens covers a wedding day — you need one versatile zoom for coverage and one fast prime for low light.

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II

The workhorse zoom for ceremony and reception coverage — wide enough for the room, long enough for reactions, and the standard by which all-purpose zooms are judged.

Best for: Ceremony, speeches, first dance

Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II

Lets you shoot the aisle and candid reception moments from a respectful distance without being in the way — the gold-standard 70-200 for wedding work.

Best for: Aisle shots, candid distance work

Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM

The fast aperture that gets you through a dim reception hall without pushing ISO too far.

Best for: Low-light reception, portraits

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