Nefarious wrote: Yesterday, my brother in law sent me this text… How do you respond to this when asked?
Troponin wrote: That's a big fat no. Just tell him you don't lend any of your equipment to anyone and that renting is probably his best option.
This never ends well.
GaryA wrote:
Troponin wrote: That's a big fat no. Just tell him you don't lend any of your equipment to anyone and that renting is probably his best option.
This never ends well.
Okay, my answer. If my sister and B-I-L asked to borrow anything it would boil down to the character of my sister and B-I-L. If my sister and B-I-L were of low character, wronged me in the past (lied/cheated/stole/et cetera from me or others), were not trustworthy ... then no. If my sister and B-I-L were of good character, then yeah.
In my book Love trumps Material Goods (money). Honoring their request to use my precious camera would be more important than the cost of the camera. Yes, it would be extremely painful should the camera come back damaged ... yes, I would have sleepless nights wondering if they're taking proper care of my baby. What that is what love is all about. If they were of good character, they, in return, would take every precaution to insure the camera's safe return.
Assumptions:
1) This is a special vacation (which is why they're requesting to borrow a nice camera);
2) They are on a budget, otherwise they'd purchase their own camera;
3) They desire to capture the best memories of their trip possible (not on a cell phone), see #1.
An alternative is to get them a nice Point & Shoot, especially a water-proof camera they can take into the waves/pool.
Jerrid wrote: Sorry, don't mean to be a butt wipe, but there is no way in h-e-l-l, I would let anyone use my camera gear regardless if they could afford to replace it or not. I don't want to be put in the position to collect.
Nefarious wrote: Well I'm happy to see others feeling the same as I did!
Speaking of all of this, has there ever been an occasion when you let someone use your camera?
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