jwn Loc: SOUTHEAST GEORGIA USA

go to the store and buy a couple of dozen disposable cameras. hand them out to guest and put them on the reception tables. at the end of the night collect them...you are likely to get a couple of good shots. otherwise get a pro or put the camera on "A".

thrash50

I refuse be the professional photographer, at a relatives, or friends wedding.

To photograph a wedding, takes all the attention of the person responsible for the photos. Since it is your son's wedding, I assume you are also a guest, and participant. Also if you are taking the photos, you will not be in them.

I would bring a comfortable camera with a good wide angle or portrait lens, and concentrate on enjoying the wedding first, and photos second.

Last summer my nephew, and myself were at our cousin's wedding with Canon Powershot digital cameras, that easily fit in front pockets. We each took about 30 photos. The bride, and her mother used about ten of the photos in the wedding album, and put all the our photos in the online photo registry. I was able to fully enjoy, the wedding celebration, and I also felt I did some of the work of capturing the wedding as a gift, that the bride will appreciate, above the waffle iron, given as a token gift.

BebuLamar

If the OP wants only the settings here they are.
In the recent wedding of my niece the pro that was hired to do the shoot use mostly f/2.5. ISO from 100 to 800. Using a flash that point to a 30 foot tall black celling and a bounce card. Shutter speed between 1/250 and 1/1000.
That's it.
PS I personally don't like the pictures but she got $2500 delivering only the JPEG and no prints.

wilsondl2 Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska

Disposable cameras are a thing of the past. At best they were bad. Six year olds love them. They shoot lots of pictures with heads cut off. Encourage guest to use their cell phone cameras and shure with the Bride & Groom. - Dave

photoman022 Loc: Manchester CT USA

GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI

This is my thought exactly. The only wedding I ever shot was for my best friend. I wasn’t into photography when my kids got married; but, was more advanced in this hobby when my grand daughter got married. I did her engagement pictures and “Save-the-Date” postcards for free, but I told her to hire a professional for the wedding. I did some shots of the girls getting their hair and makeup done, because her photographer wasn’t doing that. I wanted to enjoy the wedding and not experience it through a view finder!

PhotosBySteve

Hire a professional and be his assistant/second shooter. The second part to your question regarding settings can only be answered by, many many hours or years, of education in photography and practice.

jamesl Loc: Pennsylvania

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I don't know anything about the particular camera you will be using, but I have shot a number of weddings. If you are shooting out doors, if it is sunny, try to take shots as much as you can in a shaded area. That way you can avoid squinting eyes and harsh shadows. If it is sunny and you don't have shade available, try to get the sun somewhere behind them so that they aren't trying to look into the sun and expose for the background and light the subjects by flash.

DanielB Loc: San Diego, Ca

You should have said no and enjoyed your sons Wedding. He's your Son - you should not be shooting his wedding on a day that should be just as special for you as it is for him.

Daryl New Loc: Wellington,New Zealand

Thanks Linda,pretty much covers it,still,rather you than I....

Logan1949

Turn on "smile/face detect" (and eye detect if the RX10m4 has it.) It will only work with Autofocus.

Note: the greatest weakness of the RX10m3 and RX10m4 is the one-inch sensor. In low light situations the autofocus will fail entirely when you use spot focus on a dark subject. In that case you need to use the "AUTO" program which will always use a wide (hopefully brighter) focus area. But using a wide focus area does not work when you are shooting past multiple other people to focus on one (bride or groom) in particular.

Knowing this, when the light is low, and you want to selectively focus past other subjects, you may want to do the following: 1. Use Aperture priority ("A") at its widest (F/2.4) to get as much light as possible; 2. Set the ISO to "Auto" with a maximum of 6400 (or 3200 to limit noise); 3. Change the switch from AF-S ("S") to Manual ("M") and focus manually; 4. Keep an eye on the shutter speed and don't take an unbraced photo longer than 1/4 second. If the light is too low and the shutter speed is too long you may have to use the Manual ("M") program and force the shutter to be faster (1/focal length). If you Take both JPEG+RAW you can lighten up the RAW photos in Lightroom (or a copy of the JPEGs in Picassa 3 or Lightroom).

On my RX10m3, I use the C1 button for Manual Focus Assist by setting the following menus:
Tab 2, Screen 1
"MF Assist" On
"Focus Magnif. Time" No Limit
"Initial Focus Mag." x5.3
Tab 2, Screen 5
"Custom Key(Shoot.)" screen 1
"Custom Button 1" Focus Magnifier

Then, when I have switched to Manual Focus ("M"), I can press the C1 key once or twice to get an enlarged view of the center of the picture and use the focus ring toward the front of the lens to focus the picture by sight.

I would much rather use Autofocus but sometimes it is just not available.

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Best advice you could get!!

Don

ggenova64

Practice, Still Practice, More Practice, Lots of Practice. A former gym teacher of mine was asked by his friend to shot his wedding 🎩. You do not want me to shoot your wedding! His friend had a camera and finally convinced him to shoot the wedding. Give me the camera so I can practice using it. Alright you pay for the film and develop it. I can’t promise you how the photos turn out. After having the film developed, the photos were awesome. He never looked back and never did any advertisements, all word of mouth! Earned $250.00 per year.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

I own an RX10M4 but I would never choose it for something as important as a wedding. It's an amazing camera in it's own right, but no match for what wedding shooters use, and the results they can provide. There are some that do weddings with M4/3 and crop cameras, but the best quality comes with full frame - from noise, to detail, to dynamic range - they are hard to beat.

As far as settings are concerned, if you decide not to take my suggestion and use the Sony - shoot raw, use an external flash with a rotating head so you can bounce behind and to either side for some directional light, and keep your ISO under 1600. Use the Highlight metering mode, and measure the wedding dress, cake, or other white object and the camera will automatically adjust the reading to avoid clipping the highlights. You need to set your focus to Spot] with focus area set to flexible spot or expand flexible spot, and spot metering point is set to focus point link, the camera will focus and meter on the same point.

If this is beyond you, then I would suggest telling your son that you'll hire a pro as a gift, so that he will have a chance of getting great photography and good memories as a record of the day.

I had that option in 2010 when my daughter asked me to either cater the wedding (110 guests and staff), or shoot it. I took the easy way out and fed the people. I hired two pros to shoot the wedding.

skidiver8

Your not ready to shoot a wedding. No matter how informal, if your wedding photos are mediocre to poor, your son and daughter in law will never forget especially when they see other wedding photos from friends. You will be worried about the photos instead of enjoying the wedding. Get a college student into photograpy and relax!