For those that may be interested.....

The very good news first - the wedding shoot went very well - got some very good shots and I am very hopeful that the happy couple will be very pleased with the results.

In the end, I raided the piggy bank big time and on Friday last purchased the 12-60SWD lens from srsmicrosystems in Watford. Good bunch of people there - I would recommend them to anyone - and - the price was cheaper than anyone else! What a lens my friends! Used it pretty much exclusively on my E-520 on the day and I am more than impressed. Autofocus was spot on and in 500 or so photos, only a couple were iffy (probably my fault!!) In the evening I added the FL36 flash and again was very impressed.

I decided to keep the camera settings simple (ISO auto, WB auto) and stayed an A mode throughout. The flash was set to TTL Auto when used. I shot RAW plus Jpeg and to be fair the jpegs are outstanding. It was a high contrast day - the ceremony was held outside in a gazebo that threw shadows everywhere - but the jpegs straight from the camera are nearly always spot on.

Thanks to all of you that offered help and guidance, it was all very useful on the day.

The more you do photograghy, the more you understand. This weekend I learned that wedding photography is really all about organisation (as a previous poster quite rightly said). It is also about confidence in your equipment. In that respect, the E-520, the 12-60SWD, and the FL36 flash behaved superbly. As you've probably guessed, I'm a mighty relieved man