Same camera, why?

I own 2 M6 TTLs one .58x and the other 85x magnification. I'd rather shoot with two cameras than switch lenses so having two of the same helps...
 
3x Voigtlander Prominents
2x Leica M3
3x Leica MDa
5x Nikon F
3x Nikon F3
3x Canon F1

Why ? For the usual reasons - having two or more of the same type in the bag at any one time makes for added flexibility and quicker action - different films, varying focal lengths, familiar handling, common accessories.

Also, if you like a camera enough, you wouldn't want it missing the company of its own kind, would you...? !
 
Perversions

Perversions

Juan,

I don't have two of any particular model of a camera. I probably should, though. Having two of a model would help me not to develop a perverse, personal connection with a camera. I admire my cameras a little too much. I need to focus more on their functionality and less on their forms--I'm like that guy in the Fiat 500 Abarth commercial seeing the car as a sexy Italian girl.

It's always a difficult decision for me to sell a camera, especially a rangefinder. It's easier for me to ditch a DLSR, or after months of fretting to part with a lens with the promise of buying a much better one. But to let go of my Zeiss Ikon under any condition would be impossible. I sometimes think how devastated I would be if someone broke into my home and stole all of my cameras and lenses. I think I would cry and hide in bed until a big insurance check arrived to cheer me up. Even then it would take some coaxing to start over accumulating some new babes, I mean cameras.

-Russell
 
Depends on what you're there for. If it's serious, every moment you spend changing lenses or changing film is a moment you're not ready for the moment you came to shoot. But three bodies can get unwieldy. So two -- with a third tucked away as a backup. (Like the survivalist guys say on THEIR forums, "Three is two, two is one and one is none.")
 
Not quite...

The closest I've come is an X-700 and an X-570 which are (functionally) near-identical. When travelling with only film, one is for B&W and the other for color. Alternately, I have a 45 or 50mm on one body and a 24mm on the other. Over time I've found the second-hand X-570 to be a nicer camera to shoot with in manual mode because of the meter display, and for some weid reason the example I have has a much quieter and smoother shutter/mirror sound and feel than the X-700 which I bought new in '87. They were both overhauled by the same guy who is unaware of any production changes that could account for the difference. However I've now pretty much settled on B&W for 35mm film and just take the X-570 and an extra lens or two.

M-mount bodies are so small that carrying 2, one with a (say) fast 50mm and the other with a 28mm would be practical and like my Minolta SLR setup avoid having to change lenses in dusty or otherwise difficult conditions. Shame about the cost though - both X-bodies plus 6 lenses in top-notch condition (24-28-35-45-50-85) cost me less than a grand (or about $1250 including the overhauls). How I wish I'd never sold my 0.85 M6-TTL!

Scott
 
I had two of these recently...

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I have owned up to 6 OM-1 bodies at one time. Now down to 2 and only use 1 most of the time. I also have an OM-2sp body obtained as a rear lens cap for a lens I wanted. It works but I like my OM-1 better.
 
While my SLR bodies are all different (Nikon F, F2, FA, FM, n65), in my rangefinder kit I do have multiple bodies of the same type.
In addition to a Nikon SP and CV R2S, I have three Nikon S3 bodies, because I prefer the viewfinder in the S3 to the one in the SP.
 
I have two Hexar AF, a black and a Classic. Love the cameras and usually have two different types of films in them. Sometimes it's B&W in one and color in the other. Sometimes I use a high speed/low speed film combo to take advantage of its f/2.0 and to get around its 1/250 max shutter speed. This way I've got both day time and low light covered.
 
Autism messes with assimilating stuff . I can't seem to take in ' one ' it's as if with three , I am reinforcing the input ... like ' same again ' Also , anything outside of a metre radius gets increasing ' distant / unreal ' which is disconcerting .
Yes , it's crazy , but ex USSR cameras have let me indulge comparitively inexpensively .
My favourites ? Kiev [ 4x Kiev II / IIa and others , with three Zorki 1 and Zorki s beautifully , if controversially , wartime Leica-fied .
All financed by recycling a previous passion - 50s Dinky Toys .
I have several Minolta SRTs bought over time and 3 examples ex-ebay of my 1st SLR - Prinzflex STTL .
I was once concerned by this comfort zone , but now embrace it .
 
I have 4 Nikons ( bought them new when they came out : F2-F4-F5-D3 ) and 3 M6 ttls . With a Nikon , 1 body is enough , because the quality of the zoomlenses is so good I don't need 2 identical bodies with diffferent focals . I usualy have a 28-70 afs mounted . But before that lens came out , I used to travel with an F4 and F5 , with 35 f 2.0 and 85 f 1.4 and a 20 in my pocket . That exhausted me so much and I decided to buy 2 M cameras with 2 lenses .
 
Re-reading this thread I recalled a duplication of another sort. In 1953 or so, I sold my PX purchased Rollei MX in Chicago... 3 years later I bought the same camera (back) in Southern Indiana - 300 miles away. Wasn't sure until I checked the serial number.
 
I have two Minolta 35 Model II Rangefinders, one was my fathers purchased when he was in the army in Korea, the other was bought as backup for parts but is in good condition and works. They are also an older and a slight newer version respectively [C.K.S. engraving vs. Chiyoda Kogaku]. I also have an original Diana 151 and Lomography's Diana F+. same but different. Oh hey and the two waterproof Kodak disposables I took with to Australia. :D
 
Having duplicate objects makes both of them work better and last longer. At least that is what I heard a long time ago.

On a more personal level, it helps to have duplicates of the cameras and lenses, because then I don't fret so much about the one.

For example, I have just one Olympus OM-3Ti, and fret about messing it up and thus hardly ever use it. I have five OM-1/OM-1n camera bodies. Today I used one of them out in the rain. I'm braver with the OM-1s because I have spares.

For the cameras where I do have duplicates, it helped a lot when a seller just wanted to get rid of an old Olympus camera and sold it to me for $25 or $30. I've gotten several Olympus bodies at or near those prices.
 
Oh, I'm so glad that I'm not the only one.

I own three Nikon F's (black, black NK, chrome Apollo) - just because I like them.

I don't own any two identical Leica M, but many different M's - same reason, because I like them. Let's see, M3, M4, M5, M6, M9.

Everything else is onesies. One Rollei. One Hasselblad. One Contax.

...Vick
 
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