Do you carry more than one camera body with you?

13 years 3 months ago #18867 by PaperBoy
I've been meaning to ask you all about this. When you are doing just casual shooting like you go for a random walk, or you take a walk to the beach or down town, do you carry 2 camera's (if you have 2 or more bodies)?
I have a D90 and D300 and typically I will just bring one camera body and swap out the lenses as needed. A few times I have missed a good shot, today I had both my camera's professionally cleaned and I was told that my D300 was very dirty on the inside. I'm wondering if this is from me always changing out the lens in the field? So now I'm wondering if I should bring both camera bodies with me all the time? What do you think?

I'm not to excited about lugging around 2 camera bodies with me all the time, but will do it if need be.


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13 years 3 months ago #18869 by Baydream
Perhaps a 28-200 zoom would allow you to carry just one.
Changing lenses in dirty conditions can intro dirt (always face the camera down when changing to reduce it).
What say folks about the 28-200?

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13 years 3 months ago #18877 by Scotty
I bring both of mine with me most of the time, so yes.

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13 years 3 months ago #18883 by KZAM
If it's just a casual walk, I will just bring one camera body and one lens on the camera.

I don't need no stink'in Signature! ha ha ha
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13 years 3 months ago #18897 by Rob pix4u2
It depends on what I think I might want to shoot if I bring two bodies with lenses- usually a wide angle and a zoom 80-200

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13 years 3 months ago #18914 by pickup-man
Actually, yes. I carry an old Pentax 35MM film camera with a medium zoom lens. I like to take film shots along with the digital.


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13 years 3 months ago #18979 by Stealthy Ninja
When I owned two I did, but currently I only own one so I don't.

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13 years 3 months ago #19030 by Todd Phillips
If it's something important I will bring both, but most time I just bring one and leave it up to chance.


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13 years 3 months ago #19051 by The Original Daisy
I only have one camera body


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13 years 3 months ago #19058 by bhowdy

Todd Phillips wrote: If it's something important I will bring both, but most time I just bring one and leave it up to chance.


If I just go walking in a park, etc. I only carry one body and lens, but the second body is in my vehicle ... with other lenses. Many times I will tuck a second lens in a fanny pack (yeah I know dorky).

For a real trip I always have at least two cameras with me ... See my avatar. LOL

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13 years 3 months ago #19084 by Alex

bhowdy wrote:

Todd Phillips wrote: If it's something important I will bring both, but most time I just bring one and leave it up to chance.


If I just go walking in a park, etc. I only carry one body and lens, but the second body is in my vehicle ... with other lenses. Many times I will tuck a second lens in a fanny pack (yeah I know dorky).

For a real trip I always have at least two cameras with me ... See my avatar. LOL


100% what my answer would have been, minus the fanny pack :lol: :lol: :lol: (Sorry bro!) ;)

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