I would caution against using Velvia, as you suggested, for a wedding. It is a high contrast film, whihc is a problem with balck suits and white dresses, and isn't flattering to skin tones. Instead, for colour I'd use a low contrast print film, for which my first choice would be Kodak Portra 160NC, though Fuji NPH is good too if you prefer Fuji. If you must have slides, use Fuji Sensia, or Reala rather than Velvia.

For the compact you talked about using for the candids, your Olympus 35SP is hard to beat, if you are comfortable with it. The lens is as sharp as anything you can buy today, and fast, and the spot meter will be very useful.


Peter

What an impossible question to answer!

Of course it depends what I'm shooting, but I do find the F* 300mm f4.5 and FA* 200mm f2.8 both incredibly impressive. It's wider lenses that see the most use though, with the K 35mm f3.5 a 'stand-out' as far as sharpness and evenness of illumination go.

Must stop now, the longer I think about it, the more different lenses I might decide are my 'current favourite'...

Peter