[rollei_list] Re: Benser and LowePro Mini-magnum cases and others
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:41:18 -0400
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
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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