I'd add that you could also look into renting gear locally for the event: http://photoservice.ca/en/canon-rental.html
For a general comparison, a Canon T3i with a 17-85mm lens is $105 (Canadian) for 1 week, a 5d mkii is $300 On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > For folks going to Wikimania or other conferences, I recommend looking > into camera insurance that insures you for loss against theft in > particular. I realize that most of us don't have $5,000 in camera gear, but > even a $1,000 loss would be a big deal for some of us, and I'm aware of an > incident of camera equipment being stolen after a previous Wikimedia > conference. A mid-range camera and lens combined can easily cost over > $1,000. You may be able to purchase camera insurance as an extension of > your homeowners' or renters' insurance, which I was able to do at a > surprisingly low cost. I'd encourage others to look into this, particularly > those planning to travel to Wikimania or other conferences. > > One big limitation: if a camera is used for commercial purposes, you may > need commercial camera insurance, which seems to be significantly more > expensive than insurance that you might be able to add to your homeowners' > or renters' policy if you use your camera only for noncommercial purposes. > My understanding is that cameras which are owned by affiliate organizations > would need commercial insurance, although affiliates may still decide that > the cost is worthwhile, particularly if they have lots of cameras and > lenses that they loan to their members. > > I hope that's helpful info. > > Pine > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -- *Victor Grigas* Video Production Manager and Storyteller Wikimedia Foundation <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4ba28-oGs> [email protected] https://donate.wikimedia.org/
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