Good reasons to never lend out your camera, even to family!

10 years 7 months ago #293753 by TvPhotos
That's rough. Send it in to get cleaned and send him the bill.

There is no reason not to follow your heart. ... Stay hungry. Stay foolish.
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10 years 7 months ago #293766 by josephmahlonty
An easier escape would have been to lend him a 10MP or even higher P&S camera. Easy to handle and carry. Could also be disposable and easily replaced.


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10 years 7 months ago #293840 by Overread
Yep, I would be disappointed.


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10 years 5 months ago #303365 by MazeRunner
I let my brother borrow my D5100 and a 35/1.8G, and after him treating them well over the course of a few months, he started getting slightly more interested, playing around with my 24/1.4G. I didn't want to lend him that, so I lent him my Sigma 35/1.4. After less than 2 weeks, he got a couple of scratches on it and some really really nasty oil smears on the back element.

Now, I can clean lenses and sensors pretty quickly... but after cleaning the back element, I saw a scratch! I wouldn't mind if he offered to pay for it, but he just blamed his girlfriend's cousin!

Now he doesn't get to touch any of my glass.

Don't lend out gear unless you're currently there also and the other person is a good photographer! Because your insurance might not even cover it!


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10 years 5 months ago #303405 by StephanieW
I let my cousin borrow my camera to shoot in her backyard while I was in the house watching her kid. That's about the extent I'm willing to loan my camera to someone. I gave her some brief lessons before letting her go that far and stressed to her how important the camera was and that if she dropped it she owed me a new one. I'm very protective of it.


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10 years 5 months ago #303503 by Moe
Never lend your gear!


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