Whenever I travel, I carry two Canon cameras with interchangeable lenses. On the old one, an EOS, I keep a wide-angle lens. On my new Rebel XTi, which has image stabilization, I keep a telephoto lens. This solves two problems.
When there’s a good photo opportunity, whether it’s a close-up portrait or a shot of a distant bird, I don’t have to take the time to change the lenses; I just quickly switch cameras.
But the most important reason to have two cameras is for situations like the one I encountered in India when one camera stopped working. I was fortunate in that my private guide helped in locating someone to do the repair and in translating, and it didn’t take long to get the needed part.
While waiting, however, I had the use of the backup camera on which I could still use both lenses.
JOYCE BRUCK
Ocean Ridge, FL
