Thank you to everyone who gave me their thoughts. It seems I am well in the minority (I am a scared army of one) and the consensus is that I should stop being such a pussy and just leave the camera and Ltds in the passenger seat and not worry about using the lenses outdoors. :-)
I have home insurance and the lenses are registered with them, although I'm pretty sure they cover purchase cost, not replacement value. And I think that's where my fear comes from. Most of my lenses were bought used, and for the new ones I waited patiently for months to find bargains. I couldn't afford a new 77 Ltd right now if I had to buy one :-( But lenses *are* tools, and they need to be used, and there is no point owning great glass if I can't enjoy it, especially after the sacrifices I've had to make in order to buy it. I'm off paintballing right now, so I think I'll duct tape my K10D and 31 Ltd to my rifle and just enjoy a couple hours of splattering paint :-) Cheers, --M. PS: OK, I'm joking about the paintball :-D 2009/7/24 Miserere <miser...@gmail.com>: > Hi Everyone, > > While writing down my list of prime lenses in response to J.C.'s prime > kit post, I wondered why it is that I rarely use my Ltd lenses outside > the house. I own the 31 and 77 Ltd, but when leaving home I often take > with me a VIvitar 28mm f/2 and Jupiter-9 85mm f/2 instead of the > Limiteds. > > I think I'm afraid of losing/breaking/dismantling/dropping-in-river > the Limiteds, even though I'm always very careful with my gear. > > Anybody else suffer from this affliction? Is there any known cure? > > Thanks! > > > --M. > > > -- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > http://www.EnticingTheLight.com > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
