How Not to Lose Your Digital Camera

Cameras can be wonderfully inspiring, creative and generally reliable toys for all ages. In some cases, they can be far more than that. Needless to say, while perhaps not at the top of the expense ladder, a valuable camera which supplies us with so much can be a monstrous disappointment if we lose it. This hub is dedicated to discussing ways to avoid losing such an invaluable part of our enjoyment and our arsenal of work tools.

It Happens

And it happens to everyone. And here’s why it so often happens: Typically, we take cameras with us when we go somewhere out of the ordinary. We want to capture events and vistas which we plan on taking in and recording because we are certain they have the unique properties we wish to record. Or that - in the case of our work - we simply need some excellent recordable data, such as construction verifications, for examples. Or it could be as simple as a garden writer needing examples for a blog entry. The point being, we go strange places or weddings or parties or ball games and we so often become distracted. Picture taking is often being interrupted by events. Another thing is we can have accidents, such as may happen on the insecure and freshly-disturbed soils and products at a construction site. Or it could just get dark. All it takes for you is to absent-mindedly place your camera at point A and move on to point B.

Tactics For Not Losing The Camera - Camera Cases

I think the primary tactic deals with owning and carrying a case. Most camera cases have straps for securing them around our hands or shoulders. Carrying a camera in this way gives us the freedom to walk unencumbered as well as to get access to the camera in a short time. It is vitally important that we actually like having the case with us at all times we carry our cameras. It’s not even a bad idea to take some walks prior to traveling, for example, with the camera attached as we walk. Practicing pulling out the camera may sound like overdoing it, but it plays into familiarity - a huge and important part of owning such a powerful tool.

Also, the camera case can - and in many cases, should - be waterproof or at least water-resistant. There should not be any reason not to enjoy or endure someone spraying water at us, just as it is absurd to think that we won’t drop our valued parcel into a fountain in Rome.

Other Tricks

One trick is to value what we own. The camera and how not to lose your professional digital camera often hearkens back to distract ability. In the hierarchy of protective senses, just as we would not lose a car, we must consider a camera in much the same way. Small mental tricks, such as strings or newer jewelry on our fingers - identifying a piece of jewelry with our camera can be memory aids that stimulate us to remember what we have in our possessions. In that respect, some people may be less likely to lose an expensive digital camera, then one of the cheaper varieties.

And Finally

If you can’t beat them.... What’s worked for me is simply to stop carrying my camera around and switch over to using my iPhone for picture taking. It may not replace a professional digital camera, but it produces fairly good pictures. More importantly, I’m much less likely to lose my my cellphone and it’s easier to track it down - just call it!