Hi,
Jaume Lahuerta wrote:
[...]
> - How, in a general sense, do you use a second body? I
> imagine that shooting b&w, or using it in 'dangerous'
> trips, ...
[...]
I use up to 3 identical bodies at the same time so that I don't have to change
lenses. When I do a 3-body shoot I only take 3 lenses, generally
covering wide, medium and tele angles of view.
When I go abroad or somewhere where I don't want to depend on just one
piece of kit then this also provides redundancy as insurance.
Similarly I like to have a decent focal-length range covered twice,
with primes and zooms. For example, I will take a 28-85 and an 80-200
on a trip, and also at least a 28, 50, 135 and 180mm prime. At the
extreme ends - 21mm and 300mm - I don't have any redundancy, but these
are not what I'd call 'essential' focal lengths for my type of
photograph.
This policy has paid off several times for me when equipment has failed
in remote places.
Having identical bodies is important for reasons of transparency,
which another pdmler mentioned. For a while I used 3 different bodies,
and the handling in fast-moving situations was quite difficult and
confusing.
I normally shoot in colour, so I have a 4th body which is essentially
dedicated to b&w, but I never mix-and-match film stock in a shoot
(unless I run out, which happens on ocassion).
--
Cheers,
Bob
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