Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/05

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Subject: Re: COPY: Re: [Leica] two M cameras at once!
From: Five Senses Productions <fls@home.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 09:43:40 -0700

Wow!  I also do this sometimes......I carry an M6 over my neck with
35 and I carry the R4/100 or R4/180 either on a shoulder or usually
in a bag on the shoulder.

I never leave the cap off though......too much dust!

Francesco



>SNIP --
>
>TTAbrahams@aol.com wrote:
>>I usually carry 2 and sometimes three bodies at the same time.
>> Usually the body with the 35 around my neck, the 50 over the right
>shoulder ....
>
>SNIP --
>
>Tom, I carry two Leica bodies and lens in a similar fashion, except the
>second Leica on the shoulder with the lengthened strap is a R body with
>the 100mm macro with no lens cap and shade partially extended (two for
>one -- a telephoto, and a close-up lens).  The first Leica, on its strap
>and around my neck, is a M6 with the f/1.4 35mm Summilux ASPH (without
>the plastic lens cap 14040 -- it is adequately protected by the shade).
>This combination was great in the Loire Valley (Montbazon, Chenonceaux
>environs, and the LeMans 24 hours race) coupled with the French Riviera
>(St. Tropez and east) just a month ago.  Other Leica lens made the trip,
>but the little that they were used, they could have stayed home.
>
>Friendly regards,
>
>Bill Caldwell
>sneeker@erols.com
>