I'm sorry to hear this, Glenn. Hope you heal quickly.
I usually have my monopod with me if I'm out with my cameras. It's a fair size Bogan and seems has deterred one would be mugger when I grabbed it by the small end.
Beats having to expose my (legal) firearm. Regards, Bob... ----------------------------------------------------------------- "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing." - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, minister of finance to French King Louis XIV From: "D. Glenn Arthur Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Note to self: if I'm ever jumped by a half dozen younger, faster guys again (and I hope not -- once is too many), and I'm carrying the K1000, do not protect the camera; use it as a weapon instead. Probably would've cost me the FA28-80/3.5-4.7 that was on it, but that body's as hard as their fists and harder than mine. Another note to self: for getting knocked on my ass on pavement, the K1000 is probably the most rugged camrera I've got right now. Final note to self: on the other hand, something with automation might have stood a better chance at capturing a useful image of my assailants fleeing the scene as I, thoroughly dazed by multiple blows to the head and a fall, tried to shoot without a flash. And a whine: the flash they first damaged knocking it off the camera and then took with them, was my last still-properly-working flash. After nearly a quarter century of being out-and-visible without being physically attacked, my streak has ended. I got bashed. The good news is that physically I shall heal (large swelling on my right cheek with no purpling, bruising under both eyes so small it looks like a mascara smudge (except that sp far it's blue, and I wear black mascara), a scraped elbow, and the biggie is a bruise inside my torso (no purpling on the skin) that makes it too painful to take a deep breath or stand up completely straight). Basically nothing but mere pain. Admittedly rather a lot of pain, but the anger is still larger than the pain. And will probably last longer. (More details, if anyone wants more info than I've written here, are available at: <http://www.livejournal.com/users/dglenn/593294.html> and <http://www.livejournal.com/users/dglenn/593914.html>.)
