It happened to me, once. Horrible feeling. I sympathize. #1 Any pro working without business insurance is skating on thin ice. For $45 a month, I carried a two million dollar liability for complience during photography on government property, like National Parks. (If a driver is watching you and has an accident YOU are liable. Did you know that?) It included a blanket $20,000 replacement, $500 deductable No Questions Asked replacement clause. #2 Non pro, you camera bag is covered by your auto insurance, and the rest is covered under your homeowners' insurance. If you are a renter, apartment dweller you should have some variation of homeowners' insurance like renter's insurance. With photos and/or receipts theft is replaced immediately and often times updated. Insurance companies have brokers who will replace your equipment if it is stock stuff, and sometimes you get an updated model. Skating on thin ice ... S. Shapiro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rohit Agarwal" <hrohit@hotmail.com> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@ase-listmail.rit.edu> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 10:59 AM Subject: stolen camera equipment > Hi All, > > Nothing worse could happen to me on Saturday night. My car was break-in in san francisco and my camera bag was stolen. it was stupid > of me to leave my camera bag (which had almost all my equipment) in the car. It had : > N80 camera body > 28-105 > 18-35 > 80-200/2.8....(uhhhh) > 50/1.8 > SB-28 flash with SC-17 cord > plus various filters > > Only thing left with me is my tripod and 75-300 lens (plus a lot of film)........ > > Now what's done is done. I found that there are a couple of stolen camera registries on the net. One such is on photo.net. I know my > equipment is gone and would be in some pawn shop by now, but still I'd like to list it stolen on all such registries. > > Could any one know of any list other then the one on photo.net? Any advice/suggestions??? > > I am still in a little bit of shock and it'd take me a couple of days to get back. It really feel strange to be without a camera. > I'll probably start shopping for a camera next week. It'd be like starting fresh.....then probably you guys can recommend me on the > new stack. > > Rohit > http://www.purplemoments.com >
