larrycumba

Not me. I keep everything in pristine condition. I keep quiet about what I have except here. I don't loan mine or ask to borrow other's stuff. I know things happen but if it does it will be on me.maybe I good way around it is, "it's in the shop."

Pepper Loc: Planet Earth Country USA

Only loan my stuff to my kids.

randymoe

I agree. I will not let my stuff out of sight.

If they need it for a good cause, I come with and do the shooting with my own equipment.

I will loan an old film or digital P&S.

It is not so funny how I always need to chase down the equipment to get it back.

The biggest problem is little stuff like cables. I have every cable known to man or woman.

'They' need it right now for a hot shoot and then promptly forget they borrowed it. They even deny they have it!

It took me a month to get a Firewire cable back once.

Not bad people or thieves, just they lose the details. Not everyone has a photographic memory.

Ched49 Loc: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Lending out photography equipment is like lending out tools, you never know it's missing until you need them. Then you have to remember who you lent it to and track it down.

jimberton Loc: Michigan's Upper Peninsula

nope, all my stuff is in brand new condition..and only because i am the only one that handles it...and when i sell any of the stuff...the buyer gets it in pristine condition.

nobody handles your own stuff like you do. it doesn't happen.

i learned this the hard way.

and also, when i used to loan my stuff out...most of the time i had to call to get it back.

no loaners here. tooooo much money invested.

i do like randymoe..i will volunteer to take the photos rather than loan anything out.

photographic memory has nothing to do with returning stuff you borrow from someone..it's all about the kind of person you are. if i would borrow something from someone, i would not rest until i brought it back..and in better condition than it was when i borrowed it.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Nope

hlmichel Loc: New Hope, Minnesota

I have one body, two lenses, a speedlight and triggers. I mostly shoot for fun, but also for my church. I can’t afford to upgrade—or even replace—until next year.

I guess that is my round about way of saying that no one touches my equipment. Not the kids, not the parents, not my in-laws.

I’ve let the wife use my camera for awards at school if I can’t get off of work—as long as she uses auto, everything works out great. But it’s a big no to everyone else.

I will hand the camera to our resident pro or my sister-in-law to take a shot of me and the wife, but to actually give my camera bag to someone for the weekend…..

Once upon a time, I let my mother-in-law borrow my Z10(still have it and still takes great shots) for the weekend. I asked my wife for the camera and she said it was in the car. The following week, her mother left for Indonesia to visit family. I started bugging my wife almost daily after that for the camera and she kept giving me excuses—it’s at my sister’s apartment, forgot it in the car….
Long story short, the camera was in Indonesia and I ended up with a couple hundred shots(most were pretty bad). That story is always in the back of my mind any time someone even looks at my equipment.

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

when my wife was alive,she had free access to my guns and cameras.i taught her how to use both safely.oh,btw she made the budget strech to buy most of them.

ward5311 Loc: Georgia

NOPE.....

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I like to buy, not borrow, but some of my friends are just the opposite. When they ask to borrow something, I either don't have one of them, or "it's broken." Or, I just say, "No."

I've experienced two problems with lending - anything. Getting it back and getting it back in good condition

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

My wife has often joked that it's good we don't have guns in the house. I'm thankful that we don't, for both our sakes.

AVarley Loc: Central Valley, California

heck no!

randymoe

Actually, there is a second question.

Do you give away your old equipment?

I stopped doing this as the recipients universally did not use it.

They stashed it and forgot it.

Like most things in life, one needs desire and strife to attain a goal.

If that goal is to be a photographer, one needs to work for it.

As I have returned to film, I have bought new examples of cameras I gave away. Not quite the same.

travlnman46 Loc: Yakima WA

Hi larrycumba: Yes I actually do lend my equipment to family. (I don't have any photography friends) My wife won't use my equipment because she has a tendency to break it. I even bought he a brand new Nikon s8100 camera for her recent trip to the land down under. She managed to fall with camera in hand and yep the camera broke and it's not the first one. One time I asked her to put mt video camera in her beach bag, because I was wrangeling grand kids, she put it in her open weave bag and some how managed to drag it through the sand. Even after sending it in for repair it still wouldn't focus.
My kids, two daughters and a son are always welcome to use my equipment. My son has as much if not more money invested in my equipment than I do, so in my mind he owns the equipment as much as I do. My oldest daughter isn't really into photography but has borrowed Dads stuff once in a while and is very respectful of what she uses...lol.. almost afraid of it. The youngest daughter worked for Life Touch Studios for several years and is very competent and careful with my equipment. I don't know any one locally that is into photography and should I meet some one who is, lending them my equipment would be decided on a case by case basis. I recently attended one local camera club meeting so if photography club buddy and I were on a shoot together and they wanted to try out one of my lenses, because they were considering on purchaseing one for them selves I would certainly let them try it.... Just food for thought.

travlnman46 Loc: Yakima WA

Hi randymo: I still have my first Kodak brownie hawkeye, as well as the flash attachment. So, other than the cameras like the one the wife drug through the sand or dropped in the river never to be seen again. I still have every camera I've ever owned. I tend to hang on to things, I still have the first transistor radio I ever bought, and the bike my folks gave me for Christmas back in 1958. Heck I still have comic books I bought in the 50's. So I guess what I'm saying other than stuff that was either lost or stolen. I have most of the things that were important to me from way back when....lol.. I have however given away numerous computers, and like the equipment you gave away they were never appreciated.