Ok...it's done.

I ended up getting coverage through Allstate, who has my home and auto policies. The coverage is replacement for theft or accidental damage including liquid damage with a zero deductible. Coverage for $8,300 in gear was $154 per year.

They initially recommended that I exclude the grip, batteries, tripod and head because they each are lower cost as compared to the body and lenses and excluding them would save me around $20. I explained that if someone steals the camera, they're also getting the grip and batteries and if I'm out shooting, they'll possible get the tripod and head too. While they're individually $80-$300, in total it would be a painful loss and worth $20 in my opinion.

Hope I never need it but it's comforting to know I'm covered if I ever run into a thief or have an accident that renders an expensive piece of gear useless.

Thank you all for the great tips and advice. I've messaged my agent and we'll go from there. I'll report back with an update in case others have the same questions.

Do you have coverage like that through your homeowners policy?

Does anyone have experience or suggestions for insurance in the U.S. that would cover replacement or repair of gear that is accidentally damaged or stolen while shooting or traveling for a hobbyist photographer?

A camera bag could have $10k in gear and as I add pieces and upgrade to better gear, the though of loss through a drop or theft becomes more of a concern and risk.

TIA

I'm not sure what the issue is but I've tried it in both Chrome and MS Edge without issue.

Thanks for trying. I appreciate it.

To be honest...I didn't notice SOLD in either one at first.

When I load the survey, it goes through a quick tutorial about swiping and also directs users to the buttons at the bottom that can be used in lieu of swiping.

They're both good.

Anyone else notice that the roof looks completely out of place?

I know, right? I gave her feedback to include fewer images but it was too late. There was also discussion on the categories of enhanced and manipulated and how vague the terms are with a lot of gray area.

It's part of a project for her Master's Degree at RIT. On the surface it's about spotting images that are blatantly manipulated to the point of being fake or fraudulent (not in artistic terms) but I don't pretend to know the hypothesis the data will try to support or refute.

Thanks for helping.

Thank you!

I think what she's looking for are:

Enhanced - exposure, saturation, etc (not even as far as a crop)

Manipulated - adding or removing elements and such

I agree that the parameters are vague....maybe intentionally.....don't know. I don't think there are images that have thing like a power line removed. The manipulation I saw was more rudimentary than that.

I believe it's a project intended to illustrate a point and is not meant to capture all the nuances of "manipulation". For manipulation, think fraud and fake vs artistic decisions.

I need to ask for the group's help and you might have some fun helping.

A friend's daughter is finishing her masters project that involves measuring how well people can identify images that have been manipulated. She has a survey where you check whether an image is untouched, enhanced or manipulated.

There's quite a few images and you don't get a score at the end....your participation is out of the kindness of your heart to help a student. I'm asking board members to take the quiz and pass the link to others. She needs 2,000 completed to get the sample size she needs.

Thank you all...

Below is a link that explains it and that page has a link to the quiz.

https://eas7793.cad.rit.edu/wordpress/index.php/2019/04/24/take-the-survey/?fbclid=IwAR05RA4Ie11giEkHwDeJAjxn8v9Csd0kNFt7lb_w0eY_8gq28No2GMX7Ng4

Thanks everyone

Hi George,

Thanks, I realized that I missed that (with help from another board member) and posted the download a few replies in.

I converted to B&W in Lr