My first camera disaster was a Zeiss Ikon worn around my neck as my plane was catapulted off an aircraft carrier. Six seconds later both plane and camera were dead in the South China Sea. A few years later my Pentax k100 had a similar fate. Three years later while visiting Athens, I got out of a cab to photograph some ruins, to realize I'd left my Nikon FTN and 105mm lens in the cab. Running back to the five lane street I saw dozens of cabs...all painted the same as the one I had left...and hailed one down. There in the back seat was my Nikon...and I also almost cried (with relief)!