At 02:04 PM 1/9/01, you wrote:
>Ken Durling wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 09 Jan 2001 18:47:59 +0100, you wrote:
> > >Let me add one suggestion about Trips to Rome as well ...
> > >Take care of your camera gear. Don't check it in, don't leave it in
> the hotel.
> > >I learned this the hard way some years ago ... Cost me an EOS 1000F and a
> > >70-210 f/3.4-4.5 zoom.
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Thomas Bantel wrote:
>It just came to my mind when I read "Trip to Rome" ;-) With all the
>gazillions
>of tourists walking around with cameras there, it's not surprising this
>attracts
>thieves as well. Anyway, it's probably wise NOT to check in photographic gear
>everywhere on the planet and not to leave it in the hotel as well, at
>least not
>at sites with lots of tourists like Rome.
Just a quick anecdote regarding safety of photo equipment: I was staying
in a "less fashionable" Rome hotel and decided against giving the hotel
desk any of my equipment. My equipment was in a hard sided Pelican case,
securely locked with padlocks, wrapped in steel cable and CHAINED to the
radiator. This must have presented a challenge to whomever STOLE it. They
sawed through the radiator pipes and tool the whole outfit. Lesson? It
doesn't matter how well you secure it. If a thief wants it, they'll get
it. Take everything with you or (as I learned later), store it at an
American Express office.
Gary
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