Do any of you that shoot with 2 camera bodies?

[Sirius Glass]

So I used a black body for the black and white and a chrome body for the "chromes".

That is what I do, but instead of slides I shoot Kodak Portra 400.

 

[mshchem]

If I'm driving my own car I take 2 or 3 cameras. Flying somewhere, I've carried a nice Pentax Spotmatic w 50mm lens, left all the Nikon stuff at home. Now I would probably take my XPro3 and 3 little primes, I love that camera.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

I routinely shoot weddings with two camera bodies and keep a third as a backup.

For stage performances, I usually shoot with three bodies... one with normal lens, one with telephoto lens, and one with wide-angle lens.

I sometimes shoot documentary and street with two 35mm rangefinder or SLR bodies... rangefinder with 35mm f/1.4 and 90mm f/2 or the SLR with 35mm f/1.4 and 85mm f/1.4.

For walkabout / hiking type photography, I usually carry only one lightweight camera body and one lens and shoot either black & white or color.

For nature hikes, I usually take one body and one macro lens and shoot only color film.

At one time, I shot vacation travel with 2 Contax G1 bodies and 28/45/90mm lenses or 21/45/90mm lenses.

I now do vacation travel with one camera body, one lens, and one smart phone backup.

On my bucket list is to do a Grand Canyon type vacation with two medium format cameras... one Fuji 6x7cm with 90mm normal lens and one Fuji 6x9cm with 65mm wide-angle lens.

all the power to you.

 

[film_man]

For a walk I'll just take one camera, one lens. For travel I will bring at least two cameras, the main reason is backup as I've experienced failure in the past. Generally I'll have the Leica as the main camera with and the FM2n as backup but I'll rotate the cameras just to get a different perspective . If we're spending a few days in the same place I'll go out with one camera and leave the other in the hotel, if the camera breaks and I really really want to photograph something I can go back the next day.

Thanks for depressing me now, all this talk makes me daydream of holidays...maybe this summer...

 

[mooseontheloose]

Until last year, most of my photography was travel-based. I would travel with a larger photo backpack on the plane that could hold everything - usually a TLR (Rolleiflex), my Nikon FE and 2 or 3 prime lenses, and my Holga, plus all the film and other accessories that I would need. But my second bag would be a smaller shoulder (camera) bag that I could use once I was on the ground since I wouldn't need to carry EVERYTHING with me. That said, when out and about I usually have the Nikon with 1-2 lenses plus and usually the Rolleiflex. MF is always black and white, and 35mm would either be infrared or colour slide film. I've been in enough situations where something would go wrong (camera malfunction that couldn't be repaired, etc.) that I always want a back-up camera with me. However, if I'm going hiking or doing something more adventurous, I'll pare it down to one camera for the day.

 

[perkeleellinen]

I used to have a black FM2 with B&W film and a chrome FM2 for colour. I would have only one lens which I used to switch between the two bodies. 400 film in both used to make life easier.

 

[jeffreyg]

I carry two cameras. Both with the same film, one with a wide angle lens and one with a short tele. That way I don't have to switch lenses. Some times I will travel with a normal, longer tele and a 2x. That gives me four lens lengths with the weight of three lenses All medium format. I also use my phone just for the GPS record so I don't have to keep location notes. I might take a digital point and shoot along if some activities aren't conducive for the larger cameras.

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[Paul Howell]

It is discussions like me remind me that I wish that 35mm cameras had interchangeable film backs.

Get a Rollie 2000 or 3000, couple of backs, a few lens send to Germany for services and your good to go.

 

[narsuitus]

Rollie 2000 or 3000

Thanks for the information. I was totally unaware of these cameras.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Get a Rollie 2000 or 3000, couple of backs, a few lens send to Germany for services and your good to go.

Yes but that still does not get you as SWC. I travel with a Hasselblad and Hasselblad SWC, 80mm lens [normal], 50mm lens [wide] and multiple film backs. So lets get back multiple 35mm cameras versus 35mm cameras with interchangeable film backs.

 

[dynachrome]

I used to carry two 35mm SLRs. One had b&w print film and the other has color slide film. It was important to remember which was which because I would sometimes overexposed the b&w film to open up shadows and underexposed the color slide film to make the colors richer. If I forgot which camera had which film, I could get overexposed slides and thin negatives, the worst of both worlds. Now I might carry a Canon F-1 (any one) with a few lenses and also a Pentax ME Super with just the 40/2.8.

 

[naaldvoerder]

When traveling and visiting places, I am unlikely to return to, I bring 2 Contax Aria bodies, serving as each others back-up, and loaded with different B@W film stock. One body is modded to deal with Kodak HIE. I still have a few rolls of it in my freezer.

 

[CMoore]

I do not own a zoom lens so i frequently carry 2 bodies, one with a 35 and the other with a 105..... or something similar to that.

 

[narsuitus]

When I shoot landscapes with my medium format Fuji 6x9cm rangefinder with 65mm wide-angle lens, I often also shoot with a Contax G1 35mm rangefinder with a 28mm lens. The angle-of-view and the image aspect ratio of the two cameras are nearly identical. I use the M6 for the exposure meter readings and for composition test shots.

When I shoot landscapes with my 4x5 inch large format camera with 90mm wide-angle lens. I often also shoot with a Canon G15 compact digital. I can set the G15 image aspect ratio to 5:4 and adjust the lens focal length to match the angle-of-view of the large format lens. I use the G15 for exposure meter test shots and for composition test shots.


Landscape Cameras by Narsuitus, on Flickr

 

[ic-racer]

I used my Rolleiflex SL2000F in graduate school, because I wanted every project I did to have color negative, color transparency and b&w. I felt the system worked best in the studio. Outside the studio, carrying two bodies was not too much different from carrying extra magazines. However, in my peak of productivity, I was using two backs each with 72 exposure loads.

 

[darinwc]

I usually have 2 cameras with me. 3 if you count my phone. My main camera which will be either my Olympus om4 or a digital.
And then an alternative camera.. sometimes an om2 with a wide angle lens, or another camera with a wide angle, like the xa. Or I may have a medium format folder.

It is fun to just have another perspective.

 

[LeftCoastKid]

It depends entirely upon my intentions: Day-to-day, I always have a camera on hand, either an F2 with a 50, of an M6 with a 50 (usually, but not always, loaded with Tri-X/HP5+). If I am out and about in the city specifically to photograph, I'll generally carry a Domke F2 with a pair of Nikon bodies with 28,50,85, and 180mm lenses. If I'm travelling, I've generally got my Hasselblad kit (two 500C/ms and 6 or 7 lenses) and/or a Nikon kit (F3P and either an F5 or F6) with the above, and possibly adding 300,400, and 600mm lenses, and, if I'm photographing nature/ or in inclement weather, I'll add an F2AS body as an "insurance policy."

 

[narsuitus]

I often shoot with two Contax G1 35mm rangefinder bodies with 21/28/45/90mm lenses.

The two bodies are not identical. In the film chamber, one has a white label and the other has a green label.

The one with the white label accepts my 28mm, 45mm, and 90mm lenses.

The one with the green label accepts my 28mm, 45mm, and 90mm lenses but also accepts my 21mm lens.


White Label/Green Label by Narsuitus, on Flickr

 

[fdonadio]

When shooting 35mm, I usually have two Nikon bodies, one with B&W and other with color film. It’s pretty much standard and, when traveling, I take only the cameras I’m gonna really use, no backups.

When traveling with the Hasselblad, I’ll take one body and 2 or 3 backs.

 

[Sirius Glass]

When shooting 35mm, I usually have two Nikon bodies, one with B&W and other with color film. It’s pretty much standard and, when traveling, I take only the cameras I’m gonna really use, no backups.

When traveling with the Hasselblad, I’ll take one body and 2 or 3 backs.

Me too.

 

[Wallendo]

I travel with 3-4 cameras, but when out for a walk I usually carry one primary camera with either B&W or slide film, my iPhone, and possibly a small compact camera with C-41color film.

I usually have a general idea of what I want to shoot when I go out. Carrying too much gear generally takes my attention away from the scenery I should be enjoying.

When traveling away from home, I always make sure I have a least one mechanical camera for when the batteries die, or I forget a charger.

 

[Terrence Brennan]

I usually only have one camera with me when I am out and about, a Leica M4-P, with 35mm and 75mm lenses. I have, in the past, when covering an event (my main interest is documentary photography), I have the above two cameras, as well as a Mamiya C-33, and three lenses, a 55mm, a 80mm, and a 105mm for a little extra reach (yeah, I know, I should get a 135mm or a 180mm, but money is a bit tight just now...). I use the Mamiya with my Metz 45CT-1, for fill flash.

But I have, on occasion, gone full-bore with four Nikon F bodies (and sometimes a fifth in my bag as a spare), with 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 105mm, 200mm lenses, and occasionally, a 2x teleconverter, and if I am feeling like suffering a bit, a 400mm mirror lens. Below is a snap of me at a political event, on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, a couple of years back. I shoot only B&W film, usually HP5 Plus, and often use a green filter over all my lenses, so as to make the red in a Canadian flag(or an American flag) "pop" out.

 

[narsuitus]

Occasionally, I shoot with a pair of Spotmatics. Color in one and black and white in the other.


Pentax Spotmatics by Narsuitus, on Flickr

 

[Auer]

Sometimes a pocketable folder or point n shoot comes along with whatever I'm dragging around.

Mood dependant really.

 

[Scott M]

I'm with most folks here. I often bring two camera, usually because I can't decide which one is like to take, or just settle on one lens. These days is my iiic, and something else. Often a zone focus Mamiya press camera I really love.