John,
Use one camera as your primary (E-30 with 14-54) and the second with the
50-200 used only as a backup and for those rare shots you need the 50-200.
Keep ALL of the rest of the lenses and cameras in your spares bag. Don't
bother trying to carry anything more.
The E-30 with 14-54 covers 95% of every shot you can ever imagine, the
50-200 covers the rest. Keeps the E-500 slung over your right shoulder
backwards so when you reach for it with your right hand it automatically
lands in your hand. The E-30 with 14-54 is your money setup. Don't attempt
anything more because equipment choices become distractions. Use same
settings on both cameras and lock them in with "custom resets".
If you haven't done so yet, make sure both cameras are set to the same
time!!!
Your flash setup sounds fine. As a general rule, I'm at either ISO 200 or
400 when shooting flash and ISO 800 when ambient. The rules of exposure
haven't changed in the digital world, so whatever you do, DO NOT "expose to
the right", but make sure your midtones are exactly where you want them to
be. You can always boost exposure in post, but you can never recover a blown
highlight. Unlike Fuji 160s or Kodak Portra, you can't blast the flash at +1
and get away with it. Oh, have two "custom resets", one for ambient--no
flash, and the other with flash. About the only difference between the two
is white-balance and ISO, but may include a totally different exposure.
ALL critical shots get exposed on two cameras. Period. Memory cards do
fail. It's rare, but the one wedding you fail to duplicate the one most
important formal shot is the one where you get a corrupted file.
Chimping is evil. Chimp only to occasionally check that your exposures are
reasonable, otherwise, just overshoot and don't worry about it. I am
appalled at what I've been seeing this year with other wedding
photographers--they were chimping and literally missing shots while
chimping. However, when shooting that one big-time formal, it is OK to
chimp to make sure eyes aren't blinked. If you got the shot in the can,
there is no reason to keep wasting everybody's time.
AG
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