Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] camera insurance
From: John Brownlow <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 20:34:43 +0000

on 11/2/00 7:41 pm, Andre Calciu at a.calciu@anent.com wrote:

> regarding the issue of insurance for camera gear (or pretty much all other
> professional gear) i have this very illustrative example from an inurance
> adjustor:
> 
> you drop your camera in a pond.
> 
> options:
> 1.- fish it out, insurance may or may not pay for repair/replacement
> 2.- keep on rowing to the next camera store and buy a new camera. insurance
> will cover replacement cost.
> 
> now, it is all a judgement call for you, the owner if you want to wade through
> the pond, ruin your clothes and end up with a lousy camera, or
> 
> you choose the path of least resistance and get new gear.

The ex-mathematician in me says, in that case, if you scratch the front
element of your lens, drop it in a pond, since this is a problem already
solved. 

QED.

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John Brownlow

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