[Leica] I left my Leica on a train

[r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)]

Never lost a Leica but I did leave an Stylus on the monorail at Disney  
World once.   I tried to go back against the flow of other passengers  
to retrieve it but was stopped by the guides, you know those all so  
helpful, couldn't be nicer, sweet as candy, "helpers" Disney employs?   
Just try going against the crowd flow there sometime.  You'll  
experience the tough as nails Nazi that hides under the cute costume  
as I did.   Stopped me cold.  That's the end of that, I figured.

But, this being Disney World, a bit of the honest mid-West in Central  
FL, the camera was there in the Lost and Found the next morning.  ...  
couldn't have been more surprised.  :-)

Also left a whole camera bag, Leica M3, Nikon F3 and lenses, also a  
wallet, passport and other "trivial" stuff, in the trunk of a taxi in  
Amsterdam once.   Fortunately a quick minded dispatcher was standing  
nearby and the cab was back in moments.   Phew!

Regards,

Dick



On Jul 15, 2008, at 5:36 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> Yup. On the 177 from Boston to Washington D.C.. I had my trusty Leica
> d300 with the 12-24mm on the seat next to me, a conductor walked past
> somewhere in Rhode Island and said "you can't put personal items on  
> the
> seats sir," so I stuck it _under_ my seat and ... six hours later,
> grabbed my suitcase from the overhead and went home. I didn't realize
> that my camera wasn't with me till the next morning. I figured for  
> sure
> someone would turn it in to lost and found but nope. Luckily, I'd  
> copied
> off all of the image files so it's just money.
>
> Called my insurance company this morning and they're supposed to have
> someone call me tomorrow so we'll see if "just money" is $1000 or  
> $3000.
>
> So let's hear your lost camera stories.
>
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