Presently, the bag I have to leave in the truck when I am working at the
park, is in a beat up cardboard box with my rattiest work shirt on it.
It is amazing anyone even parks next to it.
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Winsor Crosby
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 5:10 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Personal Robbery Survey, was Re: Bags
Just curious about the thief business. After shooting for some forty
years the only camera equipment I have had stolen was "safely" stored
in my home. And this goes along with the lens protecting filters.
I have never had an item stolen from my person when I was out or
traveling. I think I was stalked once by an apparent tag team in NY
City once, but we were alert enough notice, to change direction and
leave the neighborhood.
Once during my lifetime I slipped on some ice and my Mamiya 7 went
flying and the impact with a rock made a tiny crack in the top plate.
Lens was fine. Filter did not help the top plate. If I had had the
strap around my neck I probably would have just been bruised and the
camera fine. No other dropped cameras or lenses. A few scratches on
an ever ready case once caused by being mashed between a rock wall
and me on a narrow ledge.
Are we not obsessing about stuff that does not happen much with
diaper bags or expensive camera bags that the owners seem to think do
not look like expensive camera bags because they are made out of
canvas? (Yeah, right!) Then again, maybe I am living in a fool's
paradise in carrying a regular camera bag selected for its efficiency
rather than its invisibility.
Informal survey: There is a huge assemblage of photographic man years
here considering our recent age survey. How many people have had
their camera bags stolen while out any time in their life? Negative
reports not needed because apparently your strategy worked.
Anyone? Anyone at all?
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
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