narsuitus
Well-known
If I want to carry two micro 4/3 bodies with a prime on each body, I carry a normal lens (20mm f/1.7 Panasonic) with either a wide (14mm f/2.5 Panasonic) or a telephoto (45mm f/1.8 Olympus).
Olympus E-p3 by Narsuitus, on Flickr
Olympus E-p3 by Narsuitus, on Flickr
silkstream
Newbie
Yes, I use 2 Olympus e-p5's one with Olympus 75 1.8 + the VF-4 viewfinder, the other with Panasonic 25 1.4. I also carry the Samyang 7.5 3.5 Fisheye on occasions. Covers everything for my taste.
ColSebastianMoran
( IRL Richard Karash )
Yes, two APS Sonys.
- 35 equivalent (the 24 Zeiss)
- Portrait (50 Sony or 55 Zeiss, or a legacy manual focus lens)
- 35 equivalent (the 24 Zeiss)
- Portrait (50 Sony or 55 Zeiss, or a legacy manual focus lens)
Canyongazer
Canyongazer
My two Fuji X Pro2's with 56 1.2 left and 35mm 1.4 right.
My usual kit now is these two bodies plus the 16 1.4
The 27 stays glued to the X E2.
Taken with: 27mm f2.8 Fuji lens on X E2
I could at times, but I prefer to use one camera and one lens for the day... when I travel I use a zoom mostly.
charjohncarter
Mentor
Yep, two Pentax P3n, one with color and one with B&W, then I can switch between a 28mm lens and a 50mm lens. Everything fits in a small LowPro bag.
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Bill Clark
Mentor
That’s what I’ve done for years.
For me, it makes life easier when making photographs.
peterm1
Mentor
I frequently use vintage lenses on m4/3 cameras.
Although I occasionally use a zoom, I prefer primes and sometimes carry two bodies for the obvious reason that it is not always convenient or maybe even possible to swap lenses out when shooting on the street. For me, more often than not a 50mm is my "wide" and a medium tele like a 105mm is my long lens. For a lot of street shooting both give me the longer reach that I prefer due to the slightly longer lenses and cropped sensor. And I might carry an actual wide angle in my bag just in case I want a building or landscape shot as well as with these there is time to change out the lens.
I am using a Panasonic GX-7 and an Olympus OM D EM 5. No particular reason for picking these cameras specifically except they were available second hand in nice condition, at the right price, at the time I was in the market and are both in their own way well specified. The Panasonic has focus peaking which can be useful in the right circumstances, but the Olympus has better (sensor-based) 5 axis image stabilization which is also of value when shooting in poor light at slow shutter speeds. These cameras complement each other quite well due to their slightly different spec and handling.
BTW in relation to zoom or prime, though old vintage zooms are sometimes a little compromised image quality wise (though this is often overstated with any zooms I have tried) the main reasons I prefer to use primes are (a) their small size and (b) most importantly for me, they are faster and hence have narrower DOF (which I prefer) and can function better in poor light.
Although I occasionally use a zoom, I prefer primes and sometimes carry two bodies for the obvious reason that it is not always convenient or maybe even possible to swap lenses out when shooting on the street. For me, more often than not a 50mm is my "wide" and a medium tele like a 105mm is my long lens. For a lot of street shooting both give me the longer reach that I prefer due to the slightly longer lenses and cropped sensor. And I might carry an actual wide angle in my bag just in case I want a building or landscape shot as well as with these there is time to change out the lens.
I am using a Panasonic GX-7 and an Olympus OM D EM 5. No particular reason for picking these cameras specifically except they were available second hand in nice condition, at the right price, at the time I was in the market and are both in their own way well specified. The Panasonic has focus peaking which can be useful in the right circumstances, but the Olympus has better (sensor-based) 5 axis image stabilization which is also of value when shooting in poor light at slow shutter speeds. These cameras complement each other quite well due to their slightly different spec and handling.
BTW in relation to zoom or prime, though old vintage zooms are sometimes a little compromised image quality wise (though this is often overstated with any zooms I have tried) the main reasons I prefer to use primes are (a) their small size and (b) most importantly for me, they are faster and hence have narrower DOF (which I prefer) and can function better in poor light.
