Leica LTM Street togs, do you use one or two bodies? (Screwmount)

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Street togs, do you use one or two bodies? (Screwmount)

  • 1

    Votes: 18 69.2%

  • 2

    Votes: 5 19.2%

  • More than 2

    Votes: 3 11.5%
  • Total voters
    26
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Street togs, do you use one or two bodies? (Screwmount)

I have 4 lenses, currently trying to sell one. Only one body now so that's why I created this poll
 
oops, I voted...but I don't have a screw mount camera... I use one body only, and usually one lens... The same would be true if I did have a screw mount camera though.

For street shooting I don't like to be bogged down with gear switches. I make due with what I brought (sometimes wishing I had a wider lens).
 
gnuyork said:
oops, I voted...but I don't have a screw mount camera... I use one body only, and usually one lens... The same would be true if I did have a screw mount camera though.

For street shooting I don't like to be bogged down with gear switches. I make due with what I brought (sometimes wishing I had a wider lens).
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Its fine :) you should get a wider lens
 
I'm not technically qualified to comment as my only LTM is lens-less at the moment, but I've typically always shot one body, one lens for street (generally the 45mm on Contax G or 50mm on SLR). I've used 35mm on SLR on occasion – if I eventually get an ultra-wide for the Bessa L as I've been planning to, I may switch to shooting the 12/15mm and either 35mm or 50mm on the SLR.
 
no thread camera/lenses these days but...i like either 1 or 2 bodies with lenses attached.
i'll often use one set up going and the other setup coming back.
the key for me is using 2 of the same bodies...keep it simple
 
In this part of the world, togs are what you wear to go swimming :)

I think the street is a good place to KISS :)
 
I wasn't going to answer but I will to be the first to vote something other than "1."

I've shot a lot of events and protests in the last year. Perhaps it's not strictly "street" but whatever. Often times I have two or sometimes three cameras with me, with different lenses or on different formats.

One protest I did in December, in Atlanta, I had my Nikon D800 on one shoulder, Pentax 67ii on the other, and then my Leica M9 hooked to my backpack which I could grab easily as it hung tight to my chest. The Nikon had a wide zoom, Pentax had a wide to normal zoom, and Leica had a fast 50. Another one I just had two Leicas, my M9 and M6, with a wide and a normal which I switched out depending with a superwide in my pocket.

Just go shoot man.
 
Corran said:
I wasn't going to answer but I will to be the first to vote something other than "1."

I've shot a lot of events and protests in the last year. Perhaps it's not strictly "street" but whatever. Often times I have two or sometimes three cameras with me, with different lenses or on different formats.

One protest I did in December, in Atlanta, I had my Nikon D800 on one shoulder, Pentax 67ii on the other, and then my Leica M9 hooked to my backpack which I could grab easily as it hung tight to my chest. The Nikon had a wide zoom, Pentax had a wide to normal zoom, and Leica had a fast 50. Another one I just had two Leicas, my M9 and M6, with a wide and a normal which I switched out depending with a superwide in my pocket.

Just go shoot man.
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Nice :) but I'm shooting the same format
 
over 95% of the time with one body & one lens... The exception is if I want to shoot both digital and film. Most of the time it's a 50mm for film...
 
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