camouflaging an M8

[wparsonsgisnet]

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Regarding insurance, I had a rider on my homeowners policy that covered all my cameras (subject to the deductible on the policy, of course).

 

However, the insurance company doesn't insure for commercial use, so I now have a separate commercial policy for the cameras: $500 annual premium, $500 deductible, all causes. That is, I can break it myself, lose it, have it stolen, get rained on, and so on. It's covered.

 

When traveling outside of the US and Europe (I believe), I believe I will need to get additional, special coverage.

 

If you're going to insure, it ought to be easily and quickly done, and probably needs to be researched thoroughly with your insurance carrier of choice.

 

I agree with all the other postings, as well. Be innocuous (please don't tell us that you're 6 feet 9 inches tall with red hair )

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[Guest tummydoc]

We'll not be seeing you in London anytime soon then...

 

Regards,

 

Bill

 

It's sad that violent street crime has been on the rise in London. I can clearly recall a time when that was most decidedly not the case, and I'm not that old. But as I said, if the safety and sanctity of its subjects aren't reason enough for the local government to redouble their efforts, then perhaps a decline in tourist revenues will be a catalyst. Or so one can hope.

[Guest tummydoc]

Giuliani took credit for something he had little to do with. Crime rates dropped in cities across the country at that time without any help from Giuliani. His city benefited like everyone else's.

 

If you're speaking of the time directly after 9/11/01 then I agree it was a national trend as Americans momentarily put aside their fratricidal tendencies to focus on a common enemy. However the NYC people I refered to spoke of a time prior to 9/11, and whether or not there was some decline in muggings in other US cities, NY enjoyed a much bigger drop, at least according to my NY colleagues...who BTW happen to be liberals and Democrats and in general have less-than-complimentary things to say about Mr. Guiliani.

[hankg]

If you're speaking of the time directly after 9/11/01 then I agree it was a national trend as Americans momentarily put aside their fratricidal tendencies to focus on a common enemy. However the NYC people I refered to spoke of a time prior to 9/11, and whether or not there was some decline in muggings in other US cities, NY enjoyed a much bigger drop, at least according to my NY colleagues...who BTW happen to be liberals and Democrats and in general have less-than-complimentary things to say about Mr. Guiliani.

 

I was living in NY then (before and after 9/11). It had nothing to do with 9/11 the falling crime trend was well established nationally through the whole decade of the 90's. There is disagreement over what the exact cause of the dramatic nationwide drop in crime was (the most controversial being a surge in abortions in the 70's eliminated a generation of criminals who would have come of age in the 90's) but of course local politico's everywhere took personal credit for any positive effect it had in their cities.

 

Guiliani's police commissioner (whom he recommended to head homeland security) was little more then a mobbed up thug who right now is in legal trouble for accepting favors and money from criminals during Guiliani's reign.

[carstenw]

The book "The Tipping Point" has some interesting theories of why the crime in New York dropped. One factor which is rarely mentioned is that the commissioner of the New York subway system also decided at that time that the grafitti would be removed from the whole system. They cleaned one train at a time, and that train would never go out with grafitti again, ie. if it got spray-painted again, it would be cleaned before it was sent out again. Eventually the whole system was clean.

 

The theory goes that crime happens partly because of general disorder, and that if the general disorder is kept under control, then crime drops too. No amount of policing can have that effect, since it works more linearly.

 

There are other comments too, all interesting.

[farnz]

It's sad that violent street crime has been on the rise in London. I can clearly recall a time when that was most decidedly not the case, and I'm not that old. But as I said, if the safety and sanctity of its subjects aren't reason enough for the local government to redouble their efforts, then perhaps a decline in tourist revenues will be a catalyst. Or so one can hope.

There are "record numbers" of police officers on London's streets today (source: the Greater London Authority) and they have been steadily increasing over the past 3 years - we Londoners know because our Council Tax (ie rates) have risen year on year to pay for them. And yet the incidences of violence continue to rise.

 

It's unlikely that a decline in tourist revenue would be a driver either because revenues generated by tourism all but disappeared for 12 to 18 months following the appalling 7/7 bombings yet London's financial stability appeared to have remained largely unaffected.

 

Sadly the major driver towards redressing the crime figures appears to be the clamour in the popular press.

 

That said, however, if crime wasn't so loudly and repeatedly reported in the popular press I wouldn't have noticed a rise. I often travel in some of the so-called 'worst' areas of London: Streatham, Thornton Heath, Tower Hamlets et al, but I rarely feel threatened or at risk as I have done in other parts of the world.

 

Also, since our police force remains unarmed suggests that it's still a reasonably safe place to visit.

 

Pete.

[jaapv]

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I just returned from Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia.DSLR's get a lot more of negative attention and P&S cameras even more in third world countries. The best camouflage is the way the M8 looks, especially if you have a brown leather strap on it. For crooks who don't know their cameras it looks like an uninteresting oldie, whilst clued up thieves know an M8 is virtually impossible to sell stolen - it is noticed as soon as the number is used in any contact with the factory.. Just use the thing!

[Guest tummydoc]

Also, since our police force remains unarmed suggests that it's still a reasonably safe place to visit.

 

To me all it suggests is that it's a reasonably safe place to commit armed robbery

[guywalder]

Also, since our police force remains unarmed suggests that it's still a reasonably safe place to visit.

Pete.

 

and the less said about what happens when they Are armed the better!!

[fefe]

Never had a problem in Colombia, but I was quite carefull about where I was going to and who I was going with. Most of the people around you know where is the place of the day where you shouldn't be at, just ask (and give some money to the beggars, that is usually quite efficient to stay out of trouble).

 

Even being careful, anyone looking or sounding a little bit too much like a foreigner can get robbed or worse, but it happens everywhere.