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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