> Yes Fred, it can be an advantage, although in truth it depends on one's > shooting style and subject. For example, two or three identical cameras > with different focal lengths loaded with identical film is an ideal > method for me, as when I'm photographing I may burn an entire roll or > more on just one subject, and what I need is not more film choices, but > more focal lengths, perspectives, and points of view. Using identical > cameras with the same film allows for seamless transition between the > parameters that are most important to me and which best represent the > subject that I'm photographing.
Actually, now that I think of it, I've been doing something like this for years. When I work on the whale watch boats (as a naturalist), I carry two bodies, both loaded with - you guessed it - Fuji 400. Although the two bodies now are a couple of user Program A's, I also used a pair of ME Supers for this back in the 80's. One body usually has a user A 70-210/4 mounted to it, while the other usually has some sort of a longer lens on it (A* 300/4 last season, but I have some longer lenses to try on it this season). The advantage of this arrangement is the ease of changing focal lengths - I just change bodies - <g>. (Changing lenses on one body is not so easy to do on a boat in motion - and a boat is ~always~ in motion - <g> - just swapping entire rigs is a lot easier.) Fred - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
