From: Stan Halpin
On Feb 25, 2011, at 12:13 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
The REAL Holy Grail of photography ... a camera bag that will
carry as much as you need to carry without being too cumbersome.
Add to that it shouldn't LOOK like a camera bag so as not to
encourage thieves and you really would have the perfect bag.
I'm still looking.
I have never understood the assumption that thieves are going to be
more attracted to camera bags than to, say, a ladies purse (which
might contain cash) or my guy's purse (which contains my passport,
cash, guidebook, directions to my hotel room and key to said room,
etc.) or a laptop bag or whatever. Does a camera bag make me look
more like a tourist? (I don't exactly blend in most places I travel,
whether carrying a camera bag or not.) Is it that thieves are usually
photographers looking for an equipment upgrade? [I've sometimes
wondered if the thieves weren't the ones on the other side of the
retail counter from me, but that is another story.]
Are there any data showing that camera bags are particularly
vulnerable? Interviews with convicted thieves concerning their target
preferences?
We may have spent a lot of money on the gear in our camera bag, but
can the thief realize more than a dollar or two per pound when
fencing the equipment?
For me, I will worry about whether a bag will accommodate the things
I need (?) to carry, whether it will provide reasonable access to the
gear whilst shooting, whether I can use it as a carryon, and whether
it is comfortable to carry for long periods. Life is too short and
already sufficiently complicated - I will leave concerns about
possible theft off my list.
stan
Thieves are looking for items they can readily sell. And they're looking
for items they can get more for from whoever they're going to sell it to.
Which do you think they can get more money for - camera equipment or
tourist clothing?
You've got many bags on the baggage claim carousel. Which bag appears
more likely to have something worth stealing in it - a readily
identifieable brand name camera bag or a nondescript bag that looks like
what everyone else is using to carry dirty clothes?
Even if you're not concerned, why make it easy for thieves?
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