Ever had one of those "moments" when you're convinced that you've lost something really important (photography-related).....?
We're heading for a long weekend in the Lake District in February and, as I'm not someone who can cope with leaving organising things until the last minute, I started contemplating what kit I'll be taking. It looks like the Tutone will be getting an outing. Anyway, as that's one of the very few cameras I own that doesn't have a built-in meter, I thought I'd better track down my hand-held one. It wasn't where I expected it to be. Hmmm - very odd. After an hour and a half of dismantling the back bedroom / office, it wasn't even where it wasn't expected to be, either. This started pushing my panic button as, although I'm not truly obsessive about where every individual piece of kit is, it's all within easy reach of my desk.
After another hour's searching through the same stuff as previously, I came to the conclusion it'd gone. That's when my beloved wife (and tripod carrier extraordinaire) said "what about the camera bags in the shed?". By this time, it was pitch black outside and we decided to investigate in the morning. The bags to which I refer are a small collection (ahem) of about half a dozen that Lara and I haven't used in quite a while but decided to put into storage than bin.
This morning came and we wasted no time digging the bags out of the shed. To my enormous relief, the first bag Lara opened contained my Starlite. Better still, the battery wasn't dead nor had it leaked.
How about you? Any "moments" when you thought you'd lost essential and/or expensive kit?
