Adji.AP Posted May 1, 2012 Share #81 Posted May 1, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) .. Maybe they did me a favour when they stole the whole gear from me, one night in Indonesia, together with the external disks of all images of that period (back up inclusive)… haha! Sorry to hear that. How and where that happened ? Best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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philipus Posted May 1, 2012 Share #82 Posted May 1, 2012 Got a bulky DSLR and a bazooka-zoom 2 years ago but I finally didn’t really like carrying it with me often or pointing it to peoples’ faces. Welcome to the forum. As you may have guessed, it's pretty active, which is great. It seems to me you already know a bit about photography. Perhaps you should think about which focal length(s) you used mainly on the bazooka zoom you had with the SLR? If you ask me, though, I'd go for a 50 every time. It's just how I see things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rramesh Posted May 2, 2012 Share #83 Posted May 2, 2012 Just finished a 4 day trip to Shanghai. Took over 2000 photos. With the exception of 15 (21mm Skopar), all the rest was taken with a 35mm Summicron. Really enjoyed myself and the choice of the 35mm lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdrank Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share #84 Posted May 2, 2012 Sorry to hear that. How and where that happened ? Best. Spent in main Indonesia (Sumatra and Jogja) 3 years after the tsunami so I speak the language and feel kinda confortable there. Bali is a bit different though... I was in Bali last summer, 2nd day of my arrival, planned to stay around for some R&R for a couple of months. They broke into my appt around 11pm Saturday night while I was out and they left with two bags. The laptop bag and the camera bag. Camera bag included (not realy bazooka zoom..) a 5Dmk2 with a16-35 and a -whoops- 85/1.2. Had rent a "local" Balinese aptmt in traditional compound to feel natural and save money. Next time I'll go for the touristic EUR 700/month! Funny thing, I had bought a safe already that day but didn't use it yet... My backup drive had falen and broken at home before I travel (tried 3 IT guys, none could retriev a single byte..) and I had with me the only copy of 2 years photos in another harddrive plus the selected ones in the laptop. Botom line was, I didn't feel sorry for "images" lost, but more for photos of good times. I would feel more sad if I'd lost my old film photos from college years that fortunately are in real photo paper and none is interested in them! I didn't care about either camera or laptop. Realy. reason is that my pasport was in the bag as well that made me run to the embassy for leser passez and get repatriated imediately. Also wasn't allowed to leave home for three months until new passport was issued. That was a time theft. Worst kind of theft. Cheers G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted May 2, 2012 Share #85 Posted May 2, 2012 Also wasn't allowed to leave home for three months until new passport was issued. Really? Three months? A year or so ago, I discovered that my passport had expired just before I was due to leave the country (dimwit!). I got a new one in three days ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdrank Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share #86 Posted May 3, 2012 Really? Three months? A year or so ago, I discovered that my passport had expired just before I was due to leave the country (dimwit!). I got a new one in three days ... Well, you haven't had your passport stolen. That's what gave the 3 months compulsory waiting. Even if you had, for most countries people I've met its not a big deal. Greek law is what it is though.. Additionaly, if in the next 5 years my passport gets stolen again, Greek law says "that's so suspicious" and it will be 1 year compuslory waiting this time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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