One Camera or Two?
Apr 14, 2013 07:22:03 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Sometimes I like to bring two cameras when I go out shooting. I have one with a tele and the other with a wide angle. I use an OP/Tech double strap arrangement to carry one on each shoulder.
I'm wondering how many of you carry two cameras when you're out shooting or when you go on vacation. On the one hand, you don't have to stop and change lenses, but on the other, you have to carry two cameras.
I'm wondering how many of you carry two cameras when you're out shooting or when you go on vacation. On the one hand, you don't have to stop and change lenses, but on the other, you have to carry two cameras.
I am prepping for a trip in a couple of months and am trying my best to keep it simple, yet have IT ALL covered in the focal length department for my D7000 only. Sling strap is a must, along with my 12-24, 18-105 kit lens (takes very nice photos BTW) and 70-300. Hopefully this will be all I need chasing whales. 8-)
Apr 14, 2013 07:23:52 #
I was persuaded by a friend that having a second camera was a good idea, to avoid the necessity to change lenses. So I now cary two Sony Alpha 700's, one with a 16-80mm Zeiss lens and one with a 75-300mm Sony lens. However, I am nothing if not indecisive so I also carry a bag with several more lenses, mostly primes for low-light shooting, a Sigma 150-500mm zoom and a tripod! I'm getting too old for carrying that lot around so I need either to make friends with a Sherpa or I need to decide just what I am going to photograph and take just the camera/lens I need for that. But what if that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity comes up and I've got the wrong gear with me? A Sherpa it is then!
Apr 14, 2013 07:27:50 #
Apr 14, 2013 07:30:01 #
Kenneth Weston wrote:
I was persuaded by a friend that having a second c... (show quote)
I know right? That's exactly how I think, "what if" and I don't have it with me. I try and make the best of it, sometimes that works, sometimes not. We are flying and cruising for a week and I really do not want the extra armada of lenses mainly because they are soooo heavy!
Apr 14, 2013 07:35:47 #
I carry two a 5d2 and a 5d3...one on my right shoulder and one on my left with extra lens and equipment in my think tank belt system.
Apr 14, 2013 07:47:41 #
Apr 14, 2013 07:49:03 #
johneccles wrote:
There's very little point in taking a tripod on a cruise ship.
Ditto that. The best damper is your legs.
Apr 14, 2013 07:58:42 #
I usually carry 1. Have the Op/Tech harness which allows a camera to hang undet each arm. Tried with 2 - D800 with 28-70 and D3 with 105mm macro - when out with a friend taking a walk to see what we would see. Lesson learned - before using 2 again know EXACTLY what I'm going for. For the return trip I was holding each camera in my hand, the strap's only function would have been to catch if I dropped.
Apr 14, 2013 08:13:14 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Sometimes I like to bring two cameras when I go out shooting. I have one with a tele and the other with a wide angle. I use an OP/Tech double strap arrangement to carry one on each shoulder.
I'm wondering how many of you carry two cameras when you're out shooting or when you go on vacation. On the one hand, you don't have to stop and change lenses, but on the other, you have to carry two cameras.
I'm wondering how many of you carry two cameras when you're out shooting or when you go on vacation. On the one hand, you don't have to stop and change lenses, but on the other, you have to carry two cameras.
I used to carry or bring along a lot of equipment. If I didn't it seemed I had always left the piece I needed at home. Now at least one in every 4 or five times out I take one body and one lens. This makes me work a little harder to get the shot I'm looking for.
Apr 14, 2013 08:55:44 #
I use one. you can buy a pack mule or hire a unemployed postoffice worker. :thumbup:
Apr 14, 2013 09:01:13 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I like that lens, but I also like wide angle at times. Unfortunately, I don't like going to my bag and swapping lenses. Maybe I'll hire someone to follow me around carrying my equipment. :D
If you find someone, see if they have a brother, I need someone to carry my bag too!
Apr 14, 2013 09:08:01 #
On extended vacations and workshops I take my arsenal but usually just carry one on my shoulder with a second or third lens in my Think Tank belt system along with my Canon G1X bridge camera. Thinking of two mounted cameras on a dual system in the future because I hate to change lenses in the field. I would use my 100-400 on my 7D and a wide angle on the 5D Mark lll.
Apr 14, 2013 09:10:07 #
On the job, I carry 2, usually D800 with 70-200 and d300 with 18-55. I can't change lenses between shots. Just out for enjoyment , either one D300 with Sigma 18-200 or D800 with Nikon 28-300. Depends on whether I expect quick shots of people or composed landscape and scenics.
If carrying two, I use a Cotton Carrier harness, I find it balances the weight very well and lets me explore with no camera movement.
If carrying two, I use a Cotton Carrier harness, I find it balances the weight very well and lets me explore with no camera movement.
Apr 14, 2013 09:14:27 #
johneccles wrote:
There's very little point in taking a tripod on a cruise ship.
For use on the cruise ship, yes. But cruise ships also stop in ports and once you disembarked they can turn very useful.
Apr 14, 2013 10:02:30 #
Scoutman wrote:
1. When I go out on a "shoot" I would ca... (show quote)
I would say the difference in iq will depend on the lens of the dslr, and asnyou say you cannot tell if younhave kne of the latest bridge. Of course mfgrs willsend their enviys to every forum to defend the dslr that brings in so much money. I havebthe sx30 is for my stationary birds and hopint to acquire the sx50 when i can sneak it in at home. I am abot to start using 2 cameras, 50d with 75_300 and TC and T2i with 18_200, or just either with 18_200 and TC. Gotta have the wide.
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