Re: [Leica] RE: 1 body & 24mm or 2 bodies & none.

[TTAbrahams <TTAbrahams@aol.com>]

 My approach to M-shooting is to carry 2 bodies and 3-4 lenses. This is for
'walking around " shooting and daytrips. For longer trips or commercial jobs,
it depends what you are aiming for. Ideal package for me has always been the
21/35/50/90. with at least 1 M6 body and the rest M2 or M3. But i am a
confirmed Tri-X shooter and the 2nd and 3rd body are mostly for convinience.
If I have to shoot color/black&white i usually load the M6 with color and the
non-metered bodies with Tri-X ( by now i am fairly confident in judging light
with XXX).
 The 24/2,8 has somehow taken over from the 21 at the moment and my current
pack are 24/2,8. 35/2 Asph, 50/2 and a 90/2,8. The 24/2,8 sits on an old M2 as
does the 35/2 with the 50/2 or 90/2,8 on a M6. My 21/2,8 Asph is currently
being converted to "goggles" and wont be back for a week or two and then I
will probably put that on an another M6. 
 I always found that most accidents with cameras happen when you change
lenses, you drop lenses, bodies or whatever. The less I have to fiddle with
lensmounts or loose pieces of equipment, the less likely you are in dropping
them.
 For travel I use the same kit. 24/35/50/90, with the 90 mostly stuck in a
pocket and if i really want to go light you can survive with a 35/M2 and a
90/M6 combination ( the M6 then also works as a narrow angle lightmeter).
 It is better to be sparse with equipment and to be able to move freely, then
to have everything along. Too frequently I have seen people with the content
of an entire camera store slung around the neck and draped from shoulders,
they are stumbling along and after a couple of hours you can make a low bid
offer for that equipment and probably get it too.
 I would recommend the 2nd body, a used M4P or M4-2 ( lacks the collectors
cache, thus reasonably priced, and loads the same way as the M6) and wait for
someone to sell his/her 24/2,8 once the novelty has worn off. The 35/50/90 can
handle most situations anyway. The 21 or 24 is icing on the cake.!
Tom A