I currently have an EOS 5 with the 3 f2.8 zoom lenses from 17 - 200mm and the
540EZ. Although I am starting to experiment more and take photos closer to
home, the bulk of my photography at least for the next few years is travel
related.
I am looking at getting a 2nd body for a number of reasons. First, when
travelling I want to be able to have the 17-35mm and 70-200mm both available
quickly because at the moment I tend to keep the 28-70mm on most of the time but
always use it at either extreme and very seldomly in the range of 35-70mm. I
know changing lenses is pretty simple but when you are travelling around and the
lenses are all tucked away in bags on your back there is inevitably hesitation
to constantly take off the bag to change lens.
The second reason is that my girlfriend also likes taking photos but given that
I lug everything around she tends to leave the taking of photos up to me. She
is quite keen to keep a camera at hand, although she will probably prefer to
carry the 17-35mm than the 70-200mm.
The third reason is that in some situations I want to be able to have different
cameras fitted with different film including infra red, which the EOS 5
obviously doesn't handle very well.
So, I am currently looking at the EOS 620 because it seems solid enough to
handle the heavy lenses without being too heavy itself, it doesn't have an infra
red film counter, it has a pretty good top shutter speed (f2.8 gives you some
requires 1/4000 quite often on a sunny day), seems pretty simple to use and it
isn't priced ridiculously (my next big expenditure is going to be digital). The
other camera I am looking at is the EOS 10, which has the same feel as the 5 but
for the extra cash doesn't really seem to add much to the 620.
So before I lash out is there any other body I should consider? I know the 620
won't get the most out of the lenses that I have (eg focussing) but I figure for
difficult photos (high speed objects, high contrast exposure or in low light) I
can just use the EOS 5.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Nigel.
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