[Leica] More than One M

[timothy.nelson at yale.edu (Timothy Nelson)]

When I'm travelling and have the chance to do extended all-day 
photography in new places and situations, I like having one body with 
slow film (Fujicolor Reala) and the other with a faster film 
(Fujicolor Press 400 or 800). I used to do this with B&W (Delta 100 & 
Tri-X), but since I began scanning my negs, I now just shoot color 
neg, and decide later whether it will be color or B&W. I like the 
2-filmspeed approach, because I find that I'm constantly switching 
between indoors and outdoors as I walk around, and it's much faster 
to just reach for the other camera than to switch films in the same 
camera. On my last trip, I tended to have a 28 on the "outdoor" 
camera and a 35 or 50 on the "indoor" camera. I could do it all with 
1 camera and Fujicolor Press 400, but the quality of the slow film 
images always knocks me out, so it's worth it to me.