[Leica] Multiple Bodies

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Feli said:
>>>With four they start to bang into people etc
> and it's difficult to run or climb
> on to something.  I have NO idea how Ted manages as many as he does, but 
> then again he's Ted! 8-).<<<<,

Hi Feli,
You are right on some occasions when things haven't developed in the manner 
which the assignment was to evolve it is "equipment overload" no question. 
But my good fortune is I don't run into that too often these days.  I've 
pretty well worked my assignments over the years as I explained earlier, 
using multiple bodies in relation to the demands of the assignment.

Even when we did the shooting for the book "Women in Medicine" I used 3 M7's 
most days with an R8 on each shoulder with longer glass attached. It becomes 
a normal kind of thing to carry 3 cameras at any time when the assignment 
needs the quick changes of  camera running out of film or need to change a 
lens.

I'd much rather have a sore back or neck at the end of the day than be 
fussing about a missed moment because I was screwing around changing a lens 
or loading a camera. And given this multiple camera thing has been my method 
of shooting for 40 years it's sort of like breathing. ;-)

>>>> Oddly enough I do my best shooting with one body and lens...<<,,

Absolutely........... some days! ;-)

ted