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Feb 24, 2017 20:46:36   #
PEB13
 
I carry two bodies with different lenses depending on day or night time shooting and distances incurred with animals. weather conditions (dust) also make changing lenses a poor choice.

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Feb 24, 2017 20:48:10   #
Latsok Loc: Recently moved to Washington State.
 
I carry a back up for convenience sake. Main camera has my usual walk around lens (18-55 mm), andthesecond camera has my 70-200 mm on. This way I don't fumble around trying to change lenses all the time like I used to. Luckily, when we travel, I sweet talk my wife into carrying one of the cameras- Rey helpful..

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Feb 24, 2017 20:58:17   #
BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA
 
catchlight.. wrote:
Wooooow, that is amazing that my sarcasm went undetected!

No...i said a cell phone should have a "back up" if you use the same rationale...it was a joke.

If you can't see the difference between your mk2 and mk4 image then maybe a cell phone could be a good main camera for you.

...again a "back up camera" has little to due with an actual failure.

No one is demonstrating actual incidents. I think that is a good thing.

I told the (abridged) story of a wedding photographer 25 miles from the nearest camera who had THREE cameras fail, but was fortunate enough to repair one.

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Feb 24, 2017 21:05:50   #
grahambw Loc: Edmonton, AB. Canada
 
In 1991, I went on a study mission to Japan, to visit some companies that had "successful" Total Quality Programs in place. I took my trusty Nikon FE that had already taken years of rough treatment without complaint. My wife suggested that I take her little Kodak pocket camera...just in case. I laughed but she insisted and I obliged to keep peace in the family.
On my first day in Japan and only on the second exposure the camera jammed as I was advancing the film. I did all sorts of tapping and jiggling of various parts but the shutter release and the film advance lever were immovable. At my hotel in Tokyo, they advised me that I was only two blocks away from a Nikon repair centre so I went there and dropped the camera off to be checked out. When I returned later in the day, the service guy advised me the camera would need a new shutter mechanism and the job including labour would be about $250.00 Cdn. I hadn't paid much more for the camera when I bought it in 1976 (i think).
I didn't get it repaired and captured a lot of memorable (if slightly inferior) images of the rest of my time in Japan with the Kodak.
When I got home and was unpacking, I took out the Nikon from my luggage, thanked my wife for the use of her camera and slammed the darned Nikon on the bedside table. Then I heard it...the audible click of the shutter. That was 1991 and the FE, although used infrequently, still worked perfectly the last time I used it about a year ago.
To this day, I always have a back up if I think there will be photo opportunities that I don't want to miss. If you are still reading, sorry about the verbosity.

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Feb 24, 2017 21:20:16   #
steve03 Loc: long Lsland
 
BHC wrote:
I told the (abridged) story of a wedding photographer 25 miles from the nearest camera who had THREE cameras fail, but was fortunate enough to repair one.


If I do an event my main camera is my Nikon D750 and I use a Nikkor 15-120mm. On my left hip I keep my Nikon d 5100 with a with a Nikkor 18-120 as a backup. I keep a small message bag over my shoulder, In the messenger bag with 35 and 50 prime lens and a Nikkor 70-200;that I share with a partner. I keep a olympus mirroress in the car just in case and hope I never have to use in emergency.

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Feb 24, 2017 21:45:00   #
MrBob Loc: lookout Mtn. NE Alabama
 
SharpShooter wrote:
If your livelihood depends on it or you'll be sued if your camera fails, you need a backup camera.
Any other situation, you don't need one unless you just like the idea of having one!
No, I've never had one fail. I've had a few stolen, so I bought an Instamatic(film days) for snapshots!! 📷 📷 📷
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As you, Burk and others have stated, if your a Pro or if your livelihood depends on getting the shots, a backup is essential. If one is a halfarse amateur like myself it's a good excuse to put more GAS in the bag... I myself am kind of anal about changing len's and found that since going to M43 ( dark side), I can buy buy 3 or 4 cheap used bodies, keep top shelf lenses on all of them and not having any more bulk or weight than a couple DSLR's. I still use my Canon's but it is kind of cool to carry 3 or 4 small OLY's ready to go.... when you get old you do stuff like this...

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Feb 25, 2017 04:41:54   #
dickwilber Loc: Indiana (currently)
 
catchlight.. wrote:
Does any one have an actual failure that the back up camera saved the day in the last recent years?

What was the issue and camera?


Film: Shooting a track meet my F100 quit (don't remember the exact diagnosis), but I was able to finish the assignment with an N8008 in my bag.

Digital: My D100 quit (shutter) on assignment, but I had bought a D70 as a second camera with another lens, so I was able to finish the job. On another assignment some time later, the shutter quit on the D70, but the (now repaired) D100 made finishing the job possible.

Before going pro: that N8008 that was my backup above, quit working on the backpacking trip of a lifetime with my recently discharged from the Army son, in the very damp climate of the Pacific Northwest. Fortunately, he was carrying a waterproof point and shoot I had given him while he was in the service, and we got once in a lifetime photos up near Mount Olympus and of sea stacks down on the coast.

Then there was the time my tripod "dropped" the RB67 on a school shoot, or the time my strobe light disassembled on another school shoot, ... If you use it, it will eventually fail!

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Feb 25, 2017 06:54:29   #
Rongnongno Loc: FL
 
catchlight.. wrote:
I am curious why anyone would need a "back up" camera especially when the main camera in some cases is described as lesser model and the back up is described as a a middle grade camera.
.../...
Me too, same question but...

As to the backup need: I have a few silly questions...

Do you have any insurance? Why? Do you really need it?

Are you used to be in car accidents, have devastating house fires, being flooded, being robbed, injured and so forth? If not, should you not be self insured then? After all insurance is just throwing $$$ to someone else in the faint hope of seeing some of it back...

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Feb 25, 2017 07:01:30   #
DaveO Loc: Northeast CT
 
Rongnongno wrote:
Me too, same question but...

As to the backup need: I have a few silly questions...

Do you have any insurance? Why? Do you really need it?

Are you used to be in car accidents, have devastating house fires, flooded, being robbed, injured and so forth? If not, should you not be self insured then? After all insurance is just throwing $$$ to someone else in the faint hope of seeing some of it back...
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I already crossed that bridge when I offered to ditch my spare tire....

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Feb 25, 2017 07:14:34   #
Rongnongno Loc: FL
 
DaveO wrote:
I already crossed that bridge when I offered to ditch my spare tire....

And the bridge is still standing?

If not, I have a good deal for you....

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Feb 25, 2017 07:17:03   #
DaveO Loc: Northeast CT
 
Rongnongno wrote:
And the bridge is still standing?

If not, I have a good deal for you....


Maybe we could look for donations so everyone can have a back-up if they want one.

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Feb 25, 2017 07:55:41   #
Photoflea
 
so many really good answers,
in reading this I've come to the conclusion, it's personal.
What we are comfortable with our own work load. For me it's security ,
knowing one way or another I will get that killer shot if it crosses my path.
Also i can get pretty focused and changing lens is the last thing I think of. Happy shooting.

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Feb 25, 2017 10:26:30   #
Rongnongno Loc: FL
 
DaveO wrote:
Maybe we could look for donations so everyone can have a back-up if they want one.

Crowd funding for a crow dinner?

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Feb 25, 2017 11:22:37   #
catchlight.. Loc: Wisconsin USA- Halden Norway
 
Anything can fail...look at the space shuttle...

Having a back up Car just in case can make sense if you have an important job.

My final thought is that accidents seems to be the main motivating factor that I always suspected. There are many stories of old that can be attributed to "failure" but even those are rare.

Look at electronic technology of automobiles in the last few decades. I bet everyone has horror stories about 80's electronic fuel injection...

"Drop page camera" or "other lens camera" may be a better term due to today's quality improvements...

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Feb 25, 2017 11:50:00   #
DaveO Loc: Northeast CT
 
Rongnongno wrote:
Crowd funding for a crow dinner?


Whatever floats your boat.

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