1DIIn vs. 1100D - using both, lens choices

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Hi All,

seems an odd one this, but I am shooting theatre shows this weekend. I have shot quite a few before, and have 2 cameras I can use. I tend to take both.

Lighting is ok, with some quite dark sets too. I usually work with a shutter speed of 1/40 which is not always enough to stop movement blur.


I have a 1D mark IIn, I also have my daughters 1100D. I have a 70-300 f4-5.6 IS USM, and I am renting a Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 IF EX DG HSM. I also have a 50mm 1.8.

I can sit anywhere I like in the theatre, so tonight I am going to be 10 foot from the stage, off to the right. Tomorrow I will be up in the balcony, and the following day, I'll probably be stage left, close to the front.

So, to my question...

Which lens would you put on which body? Considering the slowness of the big zoom vs the Sigma's f2.8 (constant), and the 1D has worse noise levels than the 1100D. The 1D is 8.2MP, the 1100D is 12.6MP.
BUT, I can spot meter on the 1D, but not on the 1100D (although I can lock focus and exposure separately on both the 1100D and the 1D with the back-button focus, and back-button exposure lock).

Just after ideas, really, to see if they tally with what I have done in the past. :)
 
Is spot metering that important? Take a couple of test shots, adjusting your exposure manually, and you should be fine. That's what I've done with gig shots before, albeit only with a compact and not shooting with anything decent.
 
Goody13 said:
Is spot metering that important? Take a couple of test shots, adjusting your exposure manually, and you should be fine. That's what I've done with gig shots before, albeit only with a compact and not shooting with anything decent.
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The lighting is variable, and I find a lot of blown whites, or very dark areas unless I pick a quite neutral area to meter from...
 
centre weighted average, i think the 1100D does that
I would put the 24-70mm on the 1Dn, it's still cropped a little but you can get moderately wide
then the 50mm on the 1100D, nice light lens and will run pretty fast.
I wouldn't be that bothered about the 70-300 if you're that close, the 24-70 will still give you 91mm for portraits
 
DizMatt said:
centre weighted average, i think the 1100D does that
I would put the 24-70mm on the 1Dn, it's still cropped a little but you can get moderately wide
then the 50mm on the 1100D, nice light lens and will run pretty fast.
I wouldn't be that bothered about the 70-300 if you're that close, the 24-70 will still give you 91mm for portraits
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Yes, not thought of having both with shorter lenses...makes sense for quality as they can both operate wider, but would that not make the 50mm more or less redundant as the 24-70 covers the 50mm range on either body?

For when I go up to the balcony, I will probably use the longer lens, though...

Food for thought, however, thanks. :)
 
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