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Good cheap second to my g85

Started Dec 16, 2020 | Discussions thread
Harold66
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Re: Accident can happen

s_grins wrote:

alcelc wrote:

Not only a backup cam, should also be a reliable one and we are familiar with it.

A few years ago a trip overseas, my main camera dropped into a river. Out of service for 3 whole days, around 1/3 of that trip.

Fortunately I had a backup. Unfortunately the backup was a low end tough camera originally prepared for poolside/beach shooting or compact setup for light using only. When used it as my main camera, slow zoom, slow AF, limited zoom range, difficult to operate, few seconds to save an image... My wife asked me better to throw it away... 😔😪

Lesson learnt, now my backup must be a trusty model that I am happy to use as my main camera.

So, as far as I can see you travel with 2 camera bodies minimum. And of course you keep your travel bag light.

I'm probably older, and I do not travel in wilderness. If something happened to camera, I'll buy "backup" as soon as I get a camera shop - next day is the longest.

Sheers

S.

Yeah well if you are around your home , this is a non issue , but when you travel overseas , it is different

for me even if I am in a studio , I need a back up body . even if a camera does not  die down suddenly on you, there can be other instances like a camera "freeze" or something

in my opinion the best option is to have a identical camera , same make but also same model

Harold

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