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Two bodies or an extra lens for my upcoming trip to Rome?

Started Jun 19, 2015 | Discussions thread
brick33308
brick33308 Veteran Member • Posts: 6,298
Re: Two bodies....

Isabel Cutler wrote:

Changing lenses is a royal pain and opens the cameras to dirt on the sensors. Changing lenses is asking accidents to happen.

Fortunately that hasn't been my experience at all. When out and about all day during travels, my photo gear consists of my E-M1 tethered to my wrist with a comfortable neoprene strap, a Panny 7-14 and 35-100 (1 on the camera and other in my pocket) and an extra battery in my pocket. It literally takes me seconds to change lenses - take one off and stick it in my pocket, then putting the other back on. My pocket has nothing in it but a lens, nothing to scratch them, so I leave the front and back caps off which allows for faster switching. I've not experienced any dirt or dust on my sensor (not like my old Nikon D800 which was a dirt/dust magnet), and when I get back to my room I just use my pocket rocket to blow out the camera insides.

I'll take that setup any day over having to lug around a camera bag with an extra camera/lens combo.

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