I found some good advice back when I was just starting out in photography.
The advice was to take risks with the camera in order to capture pictures
one otherwise wouldn't get, just don't take stupid risks. I decided my
camera was a tool for capturing images, and that I'd be a pretty frustrated
photographer if I was too scared to use it.
Having faced this myself, I can also understand the discomfort of taking a
high valued setup into danger completely. I considered a protective case,
but decided I'd be too scared to take my camera out of it's case. I also
considered the point and shoot, but it just didn't feel right to me. I
ended up with a $50 K-mount body and lens.
Nowdays, I find myself mentally rating my equipment as to how much risk I'm
willing to take with it. When faced with a situation like the boating, I'd
match the equipment risk with the situation and then go out without further
worries.
If I ever lose that Sears body, I'll be heartbroken. Not because of how
valuable it is to me, but because it has opened up a lot of photography to
me that wouldn't otherwise be open. I'll miss the old friend.
later,
patbob ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED])
"Leon Altoff" wrote:
> >Need I say more?
> >jeepgirl.
> >I was the "official photographer at our family's 3 day
> family reunion this
> >weekend. ... I also had a blast trying to explain
> a hundred times
> >why I wouldn't take my camera out in the boat to take
> pictures of xyz's kid
> >ski-ing. or swimming.
> This is what Pelican cases were invented for. You take it onto the
> boat all nice and secure and when you know you are in a spot where you
> wont drop it you can take it out again. I quite often wave my camera
> around 2 inches above salt water, but I NEVER take what I consider to
> be any risks with it.
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