I have no zoom lenses.
Neither do I have a burglar alarm.
The %*$&ing burglars stole the _alarm_. Ripped it right off the wall.
And took the camera bag. Left behind all the camera bodies, which
happened to have not been in the bag at the time, but took all my
zooms, most of my flashes, a bunch of accessories, and about $70
worth of film. They went upstairs and grabbed the M 50/4 macro
off the bed. They _broke_ my 24mm lens (glass looks okay, but it's
pretty difficult to focus now).
It was a pretty strange pattern -- they bypassed a bunch of stuff
right next to the things they took, but they took the time to go
all the way to the 3rd floor looking for things. Took my TENS
unit, a drill, an Ethernet hub, my old cell phone (which I was using
to charge spare batteries for my new one) ...
And they took my goddamn _tools_: my lenses, filters, flashes, etc.
Fortunately they left the bodies and all the screwmount gear, and I've
still got one AF280T left. And they didn't touch any of the musical
instruments, thank God. (They got my music backpack with my tuner,
a book of music for one of my bands, and some transformers... I guess
because it was backpack-shaped.)
And the alarm company never did call me like they're supposed to
when the alarm goes off.
I really don't have much of a point in posting this -- I mostly
just wanted to be able to vent to people who I know will understand
just how upset I am about having camera gear stolen.
Of course, I was planning to use a bunch of those lenses on
Tuesday ... my options are going to be somewhat more limited
it seems. (My landlord's insurance might cover my stuff -- he
thinks so but I won't feel reassured until _they_ say so -- but
even if that's the case, it won't happen instantly.)
angry, annoyed,
depressed, etc.,
-- Glenn
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