Too Many Cameras?

[Peter H]

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Good luck these are tricky decisions.

 

He's had three years to make his mind up. They might be tricky decisions, but not that tricky surely!

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So –what should I do? Do I have too many cameras? Which ones should go and which additions, if any, should be made.

 

Thanks --seriously-- in advance.

 

You should buy the excellent Olympus OMD or E-P5 to go with your Panasonic lenses and M adapter. This will keep and upgrade your outdoorsy type of kit, and in fact the OMD with a weather proof lens may be an ideal way to make sure you have no excuse for not going out in the rain with a camera.

 

Either way, camera equipment should not be based on how much you have, but on how many things you can take photographs of with it. Leica M9's are nice, but the world of subjects is big, bigger than an M9 or X2 or Digilux etc. can deal with on their own.

 

Steve

[pgk]

I often go out with my M9 and one lens. Its a liberating experience. BUT you have to shift your mindset. Instead of fretting about the images that this setup won't take, you have to think about just what it will take, and will take well. Its a trade off between 'versatility' and 'concentration'. I find that I take fewer but better images by operating like this. You have some excellent cameras but you don't need to use them all at once. Select just what you are prepared to carry and try to use this to the utmost of your ability and see if you find you take better images as a result. If not you have lost nothing and can reconsider your actions.

[tobey bilek]

One can not have too many cameras or too much money.

 

If you do not believe, keep one quality system which you will set up to do evrything like add a visoflex to the M. And a small camera for travel or pocket.

[darylgo]

I often go out with my M9 and one lens. Its a liberating experience. BUT you have to shift your mindset. Instead of fretting about the images that this setup won't take, you have to think about just what it will take, and will take well. Its a trade off between 'versatility' and 'concentration'. I find that I take fewer but better images by operating like this. You have some excellent cameras but you don't need to use them all at once. Select just what you are prepared to carry and try to use this to the utmost of your ability and see if you find you take better images as a result. If not you have lost nothing and can reconsider your actions.

 

+1 +1 +1 (is that allowed to plus one several times?)

 

Just to add my 2 cents. If I repeatedly shot the same subject then the equipment becomes secondary to lighting, angle etc. The next time I shoot I will take a different optic....it quickly becomes evident what lenses work with each subject or personal preference to lens type. The most unexpected lesson for me is that a 50mm can be made to look like a tele or wide, quite a versatile lens and is now my favorite.