What are the advantages of shooting with two camera bodies? Does the advantage of its convenience overweigh the burden of the high expense? Why would you ever do that and how do you manage those? Photographer David Bergman shares his experience while on the road with Bon Jovi.
“Concerts, like many other live events, have a lot of fast action. Things can happen all around the satge. I might want to make a wide angle shot of the full production and then quickly zoom in for a tight shot of the musicians. There are some zoom lenses that go from super wide to super tight. But most pro lenses with fast apertures don’t have a huge range.”
“So if you only have one camera body, you lose a lot of time trying to switch lenses and you might miss the shot you were trying to make. Also, in a dark environment it can be really tough to switch quickly and there’s a good chance you’re going to drop something and that stuff is really expensive.”
“Of course, it’s an extra expense but the best thing to is use two separate bodies, each with a different lens on it. I like to stay consistent as far as which lenses I keep on which shoulder. In my case, I keep the longer zoom on my right shoulder and the wide on my left. That way I always know where to reach when I need something quickly without even having to look down.”
“Another issue that comes up when using multiple cameras is that the dials tend to rub up against my body when I switch to the other lens. So when I go back to the first lens some of my settings may have changed. The simple solution to fix that is to just get in the habit of turning off my cameras before I drop it to my side. Then I turn it on again when I pick it up. That way all of my settings will be intact.”
“What lenses do I prefer? I use to 24-105mm as my wide and the 100-400mm for my super tight shot. That gives me a range of 24mm all the way up to 400mm. This setup helps me to make the shots that I need by having both lenses always at my fingertips ready to go.”
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