Wedding coming up. Help and advice needed

[Big Dawg]

My Granddaughter has tagged me to photograph her up coming wedding. I swore off weddings years ago as frustrating and not very good for my blood pressure but I cannot refuse her. I have a small collection of lens to choose from and am looking to buy and borrow a couple more. The ones I'll borrow are a Pentax FA 50 1:1.4 and a FA 31mm 1:1.8 Limited. The ones I'm looking to buy are a SMC Takumar 85mm 1:1.8 or a SMC-M 85mm 1:2 K mount. I have a Komine made Vivitar 105mm 1:2.5 Macro lens and a couple of 105mm Vivitar lenses plus about eight 135mm lens of many types. This along with my DA 18-55mm Kit lens and a host of Zoom lens. A 28-200mm Kobori made Vivitar comes to mind. Also all three of the first groups of Series one 70-210 models. I've so many choices I can't really decide. I mainly shoot flowers and birds and landscapes...I've done fairly well with individual portraits but I usually fail at group photos.
The reason I ask here is I truly have been so fortunate to find this forum and be accepted here even though I'm just a North Alabama Redneck with minimal skill and knowledge. You guys are all my mentors and teachers and your advice so far has been very worthwhile. Any and all help and advice will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
With the lenses I've mentioned what would you use and what would you buy to add to the mix? 300 dollar max on a purchase as I've already committed some funds towards the 85mm lenses.

[Excalibur]

Take a film camera as a backup........anything important and I take two film SLRs and one film P&S.

[Big Dawg]

[Excalibur]

[soikka]

Well, let's see:

FA31/1.8
FA50/1.4
DA18-55
Series 1 70-210
105mm macro

I see no need for any lenses really. In my experience the 28-75 covers the usually needed FOV for weddings in a crop body. Sometimes you'll need to use a wide angle in addition. Of course this is a matter of shooting style also.

Flash is a must with K10d. Do you have one? Spend your money on that if you don't have one.

[estudleon]

8 x 10 ?

Well. My options:

1- FA 1,8/31

2- vivitar series 1 70-210

3- Vivitar 105mm 1:2.5 Macro (for very close up images).

Be safe, calm and lightest possible (although with great purse).

The better for you (and for your granddaughter).

Rino.

[CarbonR]

I covered my first and only one weeding with a S-M-C Tak 35/2, and S-M-C 24/3.5 for larger views,, that's all, no flash. I'd suggest to only use gears you know for months or years. It allows you to - know what the lens will give you in any situation - eliminate the stress due to new gear you don't know how to correctly use

[Esox lucius]

Here's what I'd do in your shoes:

Use two bodies, your digital and a film camera. Stick the FA 31mm 1:1.8 Limited on #1 camera. Spend 15mins before ceremony to find 2 vantage points, preferably in the middle to catch the moment when bride is handed over to groom and another one where you can catch wedding couple and relatives in the same shot.

For group shots, use the 31mm and light people from above ie bounce a flash via the ceiling (alternatively, use an 80/20 diffusor, 80% up and 20% forward). Keep the 50/1.4 in your pocket, it'll come in handy for tighter cropped shots later during the day.

For the other body, stick the 70-210 on it. Most people at weddings don't get photos that get the scenes at the altar, and as Robert Capa said: "If it doesn't look interesting, you're probably not close enough." They'll love the shots because no-one else got close in with their cameras.

Once the ceremony is over you'll be able to take your time shooting details, flowers, food, wedding ring hands etc. using your 105mm Macro.

For the film camera, load it with ISO 400 and a fast lens. Use the longer zoom lens on digital. You can of course swap according to what you need, but the DSLR is handy for verifying exposures ie you won't miss film shots due to wrong exposure.

Good luck and don't worry: Given that everyone else is bleaching the scene with straight flash from point-and-shoots your shots will stand out in a positive way.

[Big Dawg]

Thanks to all so far for the advice. I will not be using a film camera so that part is out. I do have 2 flashes. I have a Vivitar 285HV Zoom Thyristor and a Vivitar DF200 digital slave flash.