I use 2 or 3 bodies because I don't like changing lenses while I'm shooting. It's quite common (or used to be) for photographers to have a body with each of a wide, normal and long lens. Of course, they also act as backups for each other.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 November 2005 16:11 > To: PDML > Subject: Re: Shoot now, focus later > > On 11/23/05, Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Right now I have 5 film bodies that I use on a regular > basis. They've > > long since been paid for. > > The only justifications I've ever been able to come up with > for having multiple bodies are a) backup in the field against > the event of failure and b) to have multiple emulsions > available simultaneously (B&W, Color neg and slide, different > speeds). Backup is still important, there is no need on the > second count. So you need two bodies, maybe three if you're > the kind of person who breaks things a lot. > > I bought a second DS body for backup. That's what it gets > used for. I really only 'need' one. > > Godfrey > > > >
