Backup smaller format - what's in your bag

[esearing]

The only issues with shooting LF is that I often see more opportunities at a location than I am willing to shoot with 4x5. I carry an agfa isolette 6x9 120 camera but am thinking I will eventually switch that out with a leica and a couple of lenses. Possibly even something digital like a sony mirrorless with the leica lenses.

What if anything are you carrying in the bag for extra shots?

[appletree]

I am still undecided if I will carry my Leica M2 or my Hassie 500 C/M. Probably my Leica. A buddy of mine shoots digital and has a mirrorless (Fuji, IIRC) and it is pretty slick. Never considered shooting digital, but it is nice.

[Jmarmck]

I have several choices but I normally carry a D800e where ever I go. Maybe a 645. I now have a RB67 but it weights almost as much as the 4x5.....with lens.

[Gary Tarbert]

I have a sigma quattro and a d800e i never take both , So if i am shooting LF will take the quattro , And the 800e just for small format only

[Jac@stafford.net]

Late model Zeiss Super Ikonta 6x9.

[Corran]

I try to stick to one format per outing.
Sometimes that means throwing in a 6x12 back into my pack so I have that option. But I have included a small 120 folder or 35mm rangefinder of some sort many times. Probably 80% of the time I don't use them or don't even finish a roll, which leaves me hanging with a half roll of usually the wrong film for the next time I want to use that camera.

Personally I'd rather add in a few more film holders than another camera. Usually if I'm hiking if I don't want to shoot it with LF I don't see a reason to shoot it with a smaller format.

[IanG]

For some years it ws my Leica M3 with just a 59mm Summicron, the past 8 years it's been a TLR - a Yashicamat 124 in Turkey and now a Rolleiflex Automat here in the UK. It's not so much a backup rather an alternative and I've found I like the square format at times.

When I was a more prolific shooter, often out walking & shooting all day, a 6x9 back for my Wista was my true backup with AP/APX25 film.

Ian

[Bill_1856]

A little digital is my prime -- it's the 5x7 which is the backup.

[Alan Gales]

Fujifilm X-100s.

[Winger]

If I'm going somewhere that I intend to be relatively close to the car, I'll treat the car like a camera bag and take several formats, just in case. If 4x5 is my main format and I'll be hiking, then I usually stick a dSLR or my Pentax 645N in the bag. I have way too many cameras, so I decide what to haul based on my mood that day.