Other than the mandatory OM cameras I carry. One on me, the spare in the car. I
usually carry something like a Zeiss Nettar 518/2. That gives me the choice,
without confusion, as they're 2 completely different cameras.
David
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> I just find it confusing to carry two cameras that operate differently
> unless the second camera is something really simple like a point and
> shoot. It is just too easy to fumble around and miss shots because you
> are doing something that is only appropriate for the other camera. Much
> better to have two identical cameras.
>
> Carrying the two cameras for ready use is the pain in the a--. Too easy
> for them to bang together and overloading the neck or slipping off the
> shoulder. I don't see much advantage in keeping one in a shoulder bag.
> You might as well change a lens as extract a camera and body and put
> the other one away. I don't see the advantage in that.
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
> On Feb 12, 2005, at 11:04 AM, Bernard Frangoulis wrote:
>
>>But what if your aim when carrying two bodies is not to use 2
>>different films, but to avoid having to change lenses too often, i.e.
>>you mount your 2 "main" lenses on these 2 bodies?
>>
>>I normally carry a Domke bag, preferably a small one (F6 or even F3X,
>>F2 is a little bit too large), and the camera is in the bag or in my
>>hand. I like the Domke bags because they allow quick access and are
>>not too rigid, they fold around my hip. And I could not imagine
>>wearing a photo vest when travelling, in a country such as India.
>>
>>So... two bodies with lenses mounted in the bag (let's say F6), this
>>doesn't fit easily except in a very big bag. Or perhaps one body nose
>>down, with the lens pointing into one of the 4 compartments of the
>>Domke 4-pockets insert, and the other body on the side of the insert.
>>A little bit cumbersome though.
>>
>>How do you pratice this when you carry an OM-2S and an OM-4 ? (In my
>>case, OM-4Ti and OM-40).
>>
>
>
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