I had a camera ( I forget what it was, but am sure it wasn't an Olympus
) stolen from a Garage Sale I was holding about 15 years ago.
Fortunately they got more than they bargained for! The camera wasn't
focusing properly. Only half of every photo was in focus. It was for
sale because I thought that someone might have wanted it for parts! So I
wasn't overly disappointed when it vanished.
David
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> 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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