Hassner wrote: It depends on the type of job you do.
I did a wedding about seven years ago when my camera gave problems.
There was no time to fiddle. I immediately went on to my back-up.
When I had time to fiddle, I got it going again, but I will never be without a backup.
Old tech? I will do a whole wedding with an old 5D today.
If I were you I'll sell the 5DII and buy another lens with the money.
Why carry around a camera still worth good money as backup if you might only use it once in the next 5 years?
By then it lost another few $100's value.
Joves wrote: I would keep one as an abuse camera along with some cheap glass. Then you have a kit that if it gets damaged you have nothing to be upset over. Call it your riskier shots camera.
John Landolfi wrote: On the second day of a recent two week trip to France, I took a flying header in a church in Normandy, while fully encumbered with a D3s with 14-24mm f2.8 mounted to a monopod, which ensured I could not avoid crashing. What immediately came to mind was that my trip wouldn't be ruined, as I watched pieces of the lens hood of the 14-24 skitter along the old stones, because I lugged the D7100 as backup. I got the 7100 when my wife expressed an interest in my D200, which had been my backup until then. So, yes, I think keeping an old camera for emergencies makes sense, and Ernesto has the right idea as to which to keep.
Glen Martin wrote:
John Landolfi wrote: On the second day of a recent two week trip to France, I took a flying header in a church in Normandy, while fully encumbered with a D3s with 14-24mm f2.8 mounted to a monopod, which ensured I could not avoid crashing. What immediately came to mind was that my trip wouldn't be ruined, as I watched pieces of the lens hood of the 14-24 skitter along the old stones, because I lugged the D7100 as backup. I got the 7100 when my wife expressed an interest in my D200, which had been my backup until then. So, yes, I think keeping an old camera for emergencies makes sense, and Ernesto has the right idea as to which to keep.
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