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Camera theft prevention
On Apr 17, 5:36 am, steve wrote:
My wife and I just returned from a mostly enjoyable trip to Spain, Morocco and Portugal. Unfortunately, our camera along with all our pictures of Spain was stolen on our first day in Portugal. I was getting onto a crowded subway train and had the camera in my backpack. We had thought it was safer in the backpack than carrying it loose. Anyway there was lots of pushing to get into the subway which made it impossible to tell that someone had their hand in my backpack. After removing the camera I was shoved into the car. I just thought it was the usual crowd push. Does anyone have any thoughts on the safest way to carry a camera? I don't want to spend all my time being paranoid. I think of myself as reasonable careful but there will always be momentary lapses when you are distracted, perhaps intentionally. We have already decided to use smaller memory cars in the camera so that at most one week of pictures can be lost. It would be nice to have some way to simply move all the days pictures to a separate memory card or other safe place but I'm not going to carry a laptop or visit an internet café every day Thanks Steve Gerdemann what camera was it ? |
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Camera theft prevention
On 16 Apr 2007 20:36:17 -0700, steve wrote:
My wife and I just returned from a mostly enjoyable trip to Spain, Morocco and Portugal. Unfortunately, our camera along with all our pictures of Spain was stolen on our first day in Portugal. I was getting onto a crowded subway train and had the camera in my backpack. We had thought it was safer in the backpack than carrying it loose. Anyway there was lots of pushing to get into the subway which made it impossible to tell that someone had their hand in my backpack. After removing the camera I was shoved into the car. I just thought it was the usual crowd push. Does anyone have any thoughts on the safest way to carry a camera? I don't want to spend all my time being paranoid. I think of myself as reasonable careful but there will always be momentary lapses when you are distracted, perhaps intentionally. Simple: lockable backpack. |
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"steve" skrev i meddelandet ups.com... My wife and I just returned from a mostly enjoyable trip to Spain, Morocco and Portugal. Unfortunately, our camera along with all our pictures of Spain was stolen on our first day in Portugal. I was getting onto a crowded subway train and had the camera in my backpack. We had thought it was safer in the backpack than carrying it loose. Anyway there was lots of pushing to get into the subway which made it impossible to tell that someone had their hand in my backpack. After removing the camera I was shoved into the car. I just thought it was the usual crowd push. Does anyone have any thoughts on the safest way to carry a camera? --------- There're no special secrets , just be normal careful in crowds. Carry the backpacker, or handbag so you can watch them or have a hand on them. Don't show valuables so it's a good thing to have them in a bag. |
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Real simple. If you really,really do not want your camera stolen then tie it
to you , perhaps around your belt or around your waist with a small sized length of nylon cord.It cannot be stolen unless they want to go to the trouble to cut the cord, which they probably won't since it is usually a case of grab and go. Also if they see that the camera is tethered to your body someway they will be discoraged from trying to steal it anyway because it is too much trouble. "steve" wrote in message ups.com... My wife and I just returned from a mostly enjoyable trip to Spain, Morocco and Portugal. Unfortunately, our camera along with all our pictures of Spain was stolen on our first day in Portugal. I was getting onto a crowded subway train and had the camera in my backpack. We had thought it was safer in the backpack than carrying it loose. Anyway there was lots of pushing to get into the subway which made it impossible to tell that someone had their hand in my backpack. After removing the camera I was shoved into the car. I just thought it was the usual crowd push. Does anyone have any thoughts on the safest way to carry a camera? I don't want to spend all my time being paranoid. I think of myself as reasonable careful but there will always be momentary lapses when you are distracted, perhaps intentionally. We have already decided to use smaller memory cars in the camera so that at most one week of pictures can be lost. It would be nice to have some way to simply move all the days pictures to a separate memory card or other safe place but I'm not going to carry a laptop or visit an internet café every day Thanks Steve Gerdemann |
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Deeply Filled Mortician
wrote: I agree but this was really just a small daypack. The sad part is that in the past I used to carry the thing on one shoulder and would usually put it in front of me in crowded situations. But I found carrying it that way tiring on long days so I switched to just keeping it on my back. I guess I will go back to the old system. Another trick is to put valuable stuff in one of those really noise crinkly crackly plastic bags. This is especially a good move for your passport, tickets etc, as they are also protected against water. Who cares if you make a bit of noise when showing these documents? This gets my vote as the 'why didn't _I_ think of that?' post of the year. Y. -- Yitzhak Isaac Goldstein AADP's 'left-wing Jewish intellectual' '**** me, it's a torment to live amongst the nations' http://www.chez.com/desmondcoughlan/ |
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Camera theft prevention
Make credence recognised that on 17 Apr 2007 06:56:30 -0700, steve
has scripted: On Apr 16, 11:27 pm, The Reid wrote: On 16 Apr 2007 20:36:17 -0700, steve wrote: Unfortunately, our camera along with all our pictures of Spain was stolen on our first day in Portugal. I was getting onto a crowded subway train and had the camera in my backpack. I don't think backpacks on your back are safe in city situations. Its a system designed for the wilderness adopted by city travelers, its vulnerable to thieves and you constantly annoy people by turning and bashing them with it. I agree but this was really just a small daypack. The sad part is that in the past I used to carry the thing on one shoulder and would usually put it in front of me in crowded situations. But I found carrying it that way tiring on long days so I switched to just keeping it on my back. I guess I will go back to the old system. Another trick is to put valuable stuff in one of those really noise crinkly crackly plastic bags. This is especially a good move for your passport, tickets etc, as they are also protected against water. Who cares if you make a bit of noise when showing these documents? -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |
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Make credence recognised that on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:55:31 -0400,
Viking has scripted: On 16 Apr 2007 20:36:17 -0700, steve wrote: My wife and I just returned from a mostly enjoyable trip to Spain, Morocco and Portugal. Unfortunately, our camera along with all our pictures of Spain was stolen on our first day in Portugal. I was getting onto a crowded subway train and had the camera in my backpack. We had thought it was safer in the backpack than carrying it loose. Anyway there was lots of pushing to get into the subway which made it impossible to tell that someone had their hand in my backpack. After removing the camera I was shoved into the car. I just thought it was the usual crowd push. Does anyone have any thoughts on the safest way to carry a camera? I don't want to spend all my time being paranoid. I think of myself as reasonable careful but there will always be momentary lapses when you are distracted, perhaps intentionally. Simple: lockable backpack. Uh... but then you have to spend time locking and unlocking it. Surely it's easier to carry it in front of you. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |
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Camera theft prevention
On 16 Apr 2007 20:36:17 -0700, steve
wrote: My wife and I just returned from a mostly enjoyable trip to Spain, Morocco and Portugal. Unfortunately, our camera along with all our pictures of Spain was stolen on our first day in Portugal. I was getting onto a crowded subway train and had the camera in my backpack. We had thought it was safer in the backpack than carrying it loose. Anyway there was lots of pushing to get into the subway which made it impossible to tell that someone had their hand in my backpack. After removing the camera I was shoved into the car. I just thought it was the usual crowd push. Does anyone have any thoughts on the safest way to carry a camera? I don't want to spend all my time being paranoid. I think of myself as reasonable careful but there will always be momentary lapses when you are distracted, perhaps intentionally. We have already decided to use smaller memory cars in the camera so that at most one week of pictures can be lost. It would be nice to have some way to simply move all the days pictures to a separate memory card or other safe place but I'm not going to carry a laptop or visit an internet café every day Thanks Steve Gerdemann I started to make a camera bag to fit on my belt, when my wife found a better one in an op-shop. A simple leather pouch with a retainer to slide my belt through on the rear, which I kept on my belt at all times on my travels. The camera was ready to hand in the main pocket, spare XD cards in the outer on. It only had a clip catch on it but was secure enough in it's position to deter light fingers. I'm not sure if this photo link will work as I haven't published the blog page yet; I'm wearing the pouch he http://bp3.blogger.com/_GGuBLqgIbHs/...h/DSCF1841.jpg Cheers, Alan, Australia -- http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/ latest: Athens and The Adriatic http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/ |
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:11:58 GMT, "singlemalt"
wrote: .It cannot be stolen unless they want to go to the trouble to cut the cord, not sure about that, Ive read of a lot of bag snatches where a knife is used to cut straps and quite a few where injury has occured from people dragged over by attempts to grab. I think the assumption shoud be made that bag snatchers will have a knife and work from there. -- Mike Reid UK walking, food, photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Spain walking, food, tourism "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" Beginners UK flight sim addons "http://www.lawn-mower-man.co.uk" |
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Camera theft prevention
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:22:22 +0200, Deeply Filled Mortician
wrote: Simple: lockable backpack. Uh... but then you have to spend time locking and unlocking it. Surely it's easier to carry it in front of you. I wouldn't count on that--got pickpocketed in a front pocket (yes, that was part of the infamous Rome incident...) and ever since then keep my wallet in back pockets with buttons on the pockets. Have heard of thieves ripping backpacks off the front of people (presumably easier than ripping it off their backs), not to mention thieves getting access to the "front"pack in thick crowds (friend of mine found his backpack, carried in front, opened in the London tube--nothing seemed to be missing). Plus, I would find it irritating to carry a backpack in front, actually. And I don't particularly want to look like a dweeb. Your mileage may vary, but I'd certainly be willing to put in the time to lock and unlock a backpack. Seems like this is a matter of choice. |
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