I wanna start this post with a big ole' four-letter word of extreme versatility, yelled at the top of my lungs.
I was in NY tonight, leaving the venue I shoot for, running up 6th ave to catch my train, when about 20 blocks from the venue, I hear a battery fall out. Ok, now stick with me, but this is how my photobag is set up: a lowepro flipside 200, with a lens pouch on the side and up top, crucial to this anecdote, I attached a hoslter that holds a camera and lens. Usually, I'll take it off the bag and put it on my belt, use it to hold the camera or lens or whatever, then put it back on the top of the back, but the only way to attach it has it resting upside down. Now usually, I empty the holster before clipping it to the bag, but because I was rushing to make the train, I forgot that I had put stuff in the front pocket of the holster, which while I was running was facing upside down (even though the top was snapped shut, theres a space on the side)
So I traced and retraced my steps, all the to the venue and back, to no avail. It must've flown out of the bag and into a sewer, is my only guess. That or obviously someone found it. I had my name and phone number written on the back. My only prayer is that someone did find it, and they call me. Even if they keep the card I JUST WANT THE SHOTS BACK!!!!!!
Hopefully, you'll never have this happen to you. I went almost three years to the day since I got my first digital setup (July 7 2005) before I lost anything, save a single lens cap. I'm usually so aware of where my stuff is, but I dropped the CF ball on this one. So I hope that after reading this, you always always do a mental check, and always check your check. I failed to do that once, just once, and it cost me.
