Hi,
I say No. Just mention the price it's worth, and they'll understand, let's
hope.
I also have the Elan 7E and the 100-400/4.5-5.6L IS Lens, and I don't let
anyone else take it in their hands, unless they have the strap around their
neck and I'm there.
This equipment is too expensive and fragile and can be rendered useless if
dropped. I don't want to have to replace them.
By the way, the 100-400/4.5-5.6L IS Lens is quite a nice lens. Thanks to
all who recommended it to me before I got one. I've just taken my first
bird pictures with it and the new Canon 1.4 II TC (at 560mm) and will have
these processed very soon...
Pierre
At 06:52 5/6/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Do you ever have folks ask to borrow your EOS gear? How do you respond?
>Here's the background: I'm strictly an amateur, and I have what I think is
>a nice collection of equipment of which I'm quite proud and I take excellent
>care of it. I have a new Elan 7E and an ever newer 100-400 IS L which I
>often use to shoot my kids' sporting events. The situation: yesterday at a
>soccer tournament, another parent asked if I'd bring my camera and lens
>again today so he could "run a roll" through it. I said yes, but I didn't
>want to! I felt put on the spot. Frankly, schlepping photo gear to soccer
>games isn't as easy as it may seem--I have 3 kids, so I'm also lugging
>chairs and blankets and a cooler, etc., in addition to the heavy camera bag
>and monopod. It's often quite a trek from the car to the field. I do this so
>that we can have decent pics of the kids, and of course because I enjoy the
>hobby. I feel so selfish because I don't want this man playing with my
>toys...since I already said yes, that's that, but for future reference, what
>would/do you do?
>
>Kim
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