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Published On: May 15, 2007 10:34 PM
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Published On: May 15, 2007 10:34 PM
Thank heaven for Insurance!!!!
Many of my close photographer friends may
already know the story behind the below photo....I'm not really going to go into
detail, mainly because I seriously feel like an idiot! This much I'll
say:
On April 23rd I was shooting an engagement session on a hill and my camera "somehow" managed to roll itself down a hill and land into a small stream where it was completely submerged for about three seconds! My heart fell to my stomach and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Luckily I was able to pull my CF card out in time and all of the images where fine....but sadly, my 5-d, battery grip, and 17-40 lense were (in Canon's words) "beyond economical repair". I immediately called my insurance company and placed a claim and now three weeks later I have a check in hand to cover my damages and my newly purchased gear...INSURANCE ROCKS! Today I had to send off my old equipment to my insurance company for protocol reasons, I found myself a little sad to say goodbye to a camera and lense that had been so good to me over the past year and half. Anyway, here is a shot of it all before I packed it up and shipped it off.
On April 23rd I was shooting an engagement session on a hill and my camera "somehow" managed to roll itself down a hill and land into a small stream where it was completely submerged for about three seconds! My heart fell to my stomach and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Luckily I was able to pull my CF card out in time and all of the images where fine....but sadly, my 5-d, battery grip, and 17-40 lense were (in Canon's words) "beyond economical repair". I immediately called my insurance company and placed a claim and now three weeks later I have a check in hand to cover my damages and my newly purchased gear...INSURANCE ROCKS! Today I had to send off my old equipment to my insurance company for protocol reasons, I found myself a little sad to say goodbye to a camera and lense that had been so good to me over the past year and half. Anyway, here is a shot of it all before I packed it up and shipped it off.
Words of advice....Its "WHEN" your equipment gets damaged and "WHEN" your equipment gets stolen (both have happened to me just in the past two years), there is never an "IF", it is always a good idea to have that insurance to back you up! If you don't have insurance on your equipment....GET IT!
Posted: Tue - May 15, 2007 at 10:26 PM