ISO Performance FF vs. Cropped?

tim wrote in post #9234952
I only use the ABs in huge venues when I can put the big strobes out of the way. I keep a roll of tape in my light stand bag to tape cords down, but use a weak tape, duct tape is REALLY hard to get off polished floors. The ABs are great, at 1/4 or even 1/2 power they're constantly ready, they put out lot of light, and you don't have to worry about them overheating. I'll probably try and use them a little more.

For most venues I use Speedlites with battery packs on either the 8' stands or the big 13' stands. Details here.

awesome thread, thanks for the link

I agree that you probably have more keepers than you think. My second shoots a 50D for me at 1600-3200 on a regular basis in these types of conditions and I have plenty of keepers - even in horrible lighting. The iso ability on the 50D is pretty damn good. The glass of a 50 1.8 in those types of conditions however, is another subject. Shoot to the right... use as much ambiant as you can... and use the flash sparingly, only as a lite crutch in any future situation like that. You really should be shooting manual if conditions are that drastic. Use the flash to only push the shutter and stay near ambiant. It just takes experience really.

tim wrote in post #9234952
I only use the ABs in huge venues when I can put the big strobes out of the way. ...The ABs are great, at 1/4 or even 1/2 power they're constantly ready, they put out lot of light, and you don't have to worry about them overheating...

For most venues I use Speedlites with battery packs...

This is exactly what I do.