On Feb 24, 2006, at 6:26 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Feb 24, 2006, at 3:13 PM, Cotty wrote:
When someone asks me what kind of camera I have, I just reply: "Three
grand", because let's face it, that's ultimately what every Joe
wants to know.
Now that's practical.
Not sure I'd recommend that. You could be talking to a thief, or be
overheard by one, you know. Better to say something like, "Oh, just
some old thing I dragged out of the closet".
A few years ago a friend of mine was talking to the bell captain at a
hotel where he had stopped in to look around for possible interesting
photo locations. They got to talking about cameras, and he showed
the bell captain his Leica gear from inside his camera bag. They
talked a bit longer, and then he left and walked home. As he
unlocked the door of his apartment he was hit over the head with some
sort of club and came to to find himself tied up and some guy
ransacking his apartment. All of his camera gear and a bunch of
other stuff was taken, and it took him hours to get someone's
attention and get free. He recognized the thief as someone he'd
noticed hanging out in the hotel lobby.
Not only did he lose all his camera gear and some other valuable
things, he had problems for several years from where he was hit on
the head. He died, and I've never been sure the head injury wasn't a
contributing factor.
With camera gear as expensive as it has gotten, you can't be too
careful who you let know its value.
Bob
