Hi Anthony, I've often considered the second body approach. I did this with film and had 2 Super A or 2 Z1p bodies which had at various times different film or different lenses attached. With digital it gets a bit expensive to replace 2 bodies at once (I have 2 istD bodies still and only one ever gets any use).
I have room in my camera bag for 5 lenses max, 3 zooms and 2 small primes. My current zooms are 12-24, 16-45 & 50-200. If I go to 12-24, 17-70 & 60-250 I get overlap on all lenses with no gaps and improved quality above 50mm. I don't want to carry a larger bag, but I will cope with the slightly increased weight of the new lenses. -- Leon 2009/5/31 Anthony Farr <[email protected]>: > You'll still find times when lens changing is an annoyance even with a > new, longer range zoom. While I haven't followed the prices of lenses > and cameras I'd think an additional camera would be comparable in cost > to a new lens which you only want for the sake of avoiding lens > changes. You could have the whole range of 16mm-240mm (with a small > gap 45mm-50mm), or 20mm-250mm mounted and always ready for use. > > You may already have two camera bodies but avoid carrying them both at > once because it's too much to be toting. But consider that with two > or more lenses and one body you need a case or bag to store the unused > lens. With two lenses each mounted on a body you don't need a case at > all if you're content to carry it all on neck/shoulder straps where > you can get at it in moments. Anything else such as spare batteries, > memory cards and so on can fit in a tiny belt pouch or similar. > > regards, Anthony > > "Of what use is lens and light > to those who lack in mind and sight" > (Anon) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
