[rollei_list] Re: Benser and LowePro Mini-magnum cases and others

As I mentioned the nice thing about living in Hong Kong, Singapore, 
Tokyo...People do know how expensive Leica gear is etc  but the crime rate is 
very low so now fear of petty theft  there. I wish we would learn from them...
Marvin.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:41:18 
To:rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Benser and LowePro Mini-magnum cases and
  others


At 07:53 PM 10/29/2007, JMN * wrote:
>It seems clear from the thread that we all look 
>a bag where form follows function without revealing expensive equipment within.
>Yet some camera manufacturers offer camera bags 
>with obvious markings that scream "expensive camera gear inside".
>Hello! I have to ask why would you want something like this?

<sigh>  You boys do live in a world of paanoia.

The sort of guys who will steal your gear are 
looking for readily hocked items such as iPods 
and Walkmans.  They have never heard of 
Rolleiflex or Leica and would not be able to sell 
these if they stole them.  These folks are 
dummies.  At Baltimore camera shows, we used to 
have thugs coming through offering us Leicas they 
had picked up by mistake for $5, as they had no 
idea of what they had and no sophistication about 
how to sell these and had been rejected by all of 
the usual fences.  The word has gone out to the 
druggie community:  steal all of the laptops you 
can and all of the iPods but leave most cameras alone.

Now, that doesn't mean that your gear at home is 
safe.  A targeted strike COULD be made on a given 
person's abode by a cunning dude but this is rather unlikely.

I regularly carry expensive camera gear in rough 
neighborhoods.  My Leica set is in a 
Billingham.  No hu-hu.  I am worried that they 
will steal my wristwatch or my cell phone but I 
have not the slightest worry about the theft of 
my camera gear.  The stealer would have no idea 
of the value and no idea of how to market it.

Marc



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