I recently joked on a thread that perhaps I could ask for lens for my new camera instead of a sat nav. Well it turns out my mother was listening to a casual conversation I made a few weeks ago about saving up for some new lens.
I got some 45-200mm lens for my Birthday for my Panasonic G2, the problem is the total amount of money now spent on this camera is approaching £600 and I still need an external flash etc. The retail value (back in 2010) of my equipment would be well over £1000 but it is a 2 year old model now,.
I have taken some good shots of planes etc in my car, but I am nervous to go round town in it at the moment in case I get robbed.
Does anybody know any good specialist camera insurance companies which would also protect against accidental damage etc. I am going to a wedding tomorrow night and hope to take my equipment to that.
Don't want to spend a fortune as the maximum cost would only be £600 to replace but I don't think the house hold insurance would cover my camera and the excess is high anyway.
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>>Does anybody know any good specialist camera insurance companies which would also >>protect against accidental damage etc. I am going to a wedding tomorrow night and hope >>to take my equipment to that.
It's called house contents insurance with an extension for valuables, outside of home........there maybe restrictions ........so read policy!
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Does ProtectMyBubble.com cover cameras?
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They do but it is stupidly expensive, I really need a specialist product, got some quotes for £20 a year which is what I was looking for really. I don't want to go down the contents insurance as it just gets too complicated.
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>> It's called house contents insurance with an extension for valuables, outside of home........there maybe restrictions
>> ........so read policy!
Indeed it is, and is the first place to look for such cover. You may have pay a little extra, but will easily meet your needs.
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>>I got some 45-200mm lens for my Birthday for my Panasonic G2<<
I'm green with envy! ... how many sheets did you have to exchange for it?
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Been reading this topic with interest, i got a nikon d5000 slr, approx 2 years old, bought a camera flash attachment a sb900, got already the lens kit with the camera, its a standard vr lense, just wondering does another lense make a difference??
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It was a present so I didn't pay for it, but on Amazon they are about £240.
Still need to buy a case for all my kit.
I took these pictures with the new lense
i167.photobucket.com/albums/u141/amazingtrade/P1010388.jpg
This one I took in Cheadle about 6 miles from the airport but directly on the landing path I am not sure how far away the plane would have been. I didn't have time to do any manual settings so it is all on auto but if I had used manual settings and manual focus I am sure it would have been a better picture. I might go back to the same spot this afternoon now it is sunny.
i167.photobucket.com/albums/u141/amazingtrade/P1010385.jpg
Sajid the only reason I wanted these lense was to increase the focal range. The standard lens were 14-42mm which are a bit limited for landscape/plane/train/geek photography.
Last edited by: RattleandSmoke on Fri 31 Aug 12 at 11:57
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Rats - buy yourself a compact but nicely weighted baseball bat.
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"Still need to buy a case for all my kit."
Tip 1: buy a backpack-style case, and not one conspicuously branded with a camera-maker’s name on it. Makes it much easier to carry your camera kit out and about, and its much less obvious a target than the easily snatched shoulder bag with the giant yellow NIKON badge on it...
Tip 2: Your household policy probably already covers valuables you take out and about (e.g. bikes, wedding rings...) subject to an excess - as mentioned above - BUT you may have to provide details of specific items over a certain value. Check your family's policy: the details will vary from policy to policy, not just from one insurer to another, as I found when comparing two renewal options from the same underwriter offerd to me through the same RBS subsidiary.
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>> "Still need to buy a case for all my kit."
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>> Tip 1:
Buy a bridge camera. Then you don't need a backpack to carry all the crap about. I still have a notch on my shoulder from all the 35mm film stuff i used to cart about.
Last edited by: Zero on Fri 31 Aug 12 at 15:11
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>>I still have a notch on my shoulder from all the 35mm film stuff i used to cart about.
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Me too.
This is the lens I used on my Edixa SLR cc1960 . note the weight.
www.alpareflex.com/Lenses/EnnaTeleZoom.htm
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