Hi, I am a keen amateur landscape/travel photographer and a friend has "persuaded" me to shoot her wedding, which she claims is informal but of course wedding shots are always important. I've traditionally used film SLR's (OM1/2 and EOS 50E) but scanned the slides or film into my PC with a dedicated scanner and have done my own printing, in low volumes (I only print the best stuff).
I was going to buy a second EOS50E body on ebay (very very cheap now) and use one body for B+W, one for colour, for the wedding. I'll need a proper flash unit too. Neg film appeals for this job as it has a large exposure latitude, and I'll not be able to do my own printing in the required volumes with my home PC setup.
HOWEVER - I'm going to be buying a DSLR soon (probably a EOS 20D) and I'm wondering if I should just use that, and a dedicated flash unit, for the wedding and just use my EOS50E for B+W prints. My two concerns with digital for this job are a) getting the correct exposure for an indoor winter wedding on digital (especially as I'm new to using flash units), and b) getting the prints done afterwards commercially, and the quality of these prints.
So (apologies for all the words!) is an EOS20D going to be fairly foolproof with a good Canon flash unit, even indoors in low light? And can I get commercial prints done easily (at maybe 10x8" size) from a DSLR?