Would you trust...

[Carterofmars]

Would you trust to swap/lend a piece of equipment with a RFF member for a limited period of time... say 3 months. If the member was known, and in good standing? If that member would baby your equipment as they did theirs...

Just wondering. It would be a cool way to get the feel of different equipment.


As long as they didn't shoot a camel's eye ball (that's an inside joke that I'm sure only a few will get).

 

[taskoni]

No problem.
Regards,
b.

 

[ricnak]

Great idea!

Anyone out there with a noctilux?

 

[Carterofmars]

Great idea!

Anyone out there with a noctilux?

LOL.. let's not carried away. But I like your Chutzpah.

 

[bgb]

nice idea but I'm a bit far away and i'm not sure i trust the post 🙂

 

[Brian Legge]

I barely trust myself with my gear. 😉

 

[thomasw_]

No. Too complicated for me, I'd fuss and worry. Too many things could happen to screw the situation: loss, accidents, damage, theft, etc...

 

[acheyj]

Leica M9 springs to mind

ron

 

[Matus]

Yes I would - any of my cameras (Konica Auto S3, Mamiya 6, Tachihara 4x5). I would also love to get my hands on some cameras (Contax 645, Contax T3, Contax G2, Leica M2/3/4/6, Pentax 67, Xpan, Ricoh GXR, Hexar AF or even a 5x12" large format camera if I can be so bold)

I personally would prefer shorter period than 3 month as I personally do not need 3 month to try a roll or two in one camera 😉.

So if there is anybody out there in Germany around Muenster (NRW) or Frankfurt interested in lending, borrowing, or swapping for a few weeks I am all in.

 

[Roger Hicks]

There are plenty of people I'd trust, but the Post Office (or the courier companies) are not necessarily among them. I'm with thomasw on this: "Too many things could happen to screw the situation: loss, accidents, damage, theft, etc..."

Cheers,

R.

 

[acheyj]

There are plenty of people I'd trust, but the Post Office (or the courier companies) are not necessarily among them. I'm with thomasw on this: "Too many things could happen to screw the situation: loss, accidents, damage, theft, etc..."

Cheers,

R.

Like Roger, many people I would trust, guess it would have to be local exchange, which in my isolated case is a problem.
Please dont take my earlier post to seriously !

ron

 

[sanmich]

For most of my gear, I would be with say no.
for some pieces that are easily replaceable, yes.

About trying other people gear, most of the things I would like to try are things I don't buy because I can't, so I would really fret to handle the expensive piece of someone else.
I ususally work in close cooperation with Murphy, so...

 

[Roger Hicks]

Leica M9 springs to mind

ron

Dear Ron,

That's another point, really.

Expensive kit that I use all the time, or even that I need to have handy for the rare occasions I do use it, obviously I can't live without. Other stuff... Well, most of it's not worth much anyway. If I'm going to go to the hassle of loaning it, I might as well go to the slightly greater hassle of selling it. Then again, I've let people have stuff 'on approval', as a loan, on the understanding that if they want it, they can buy it. They've got to be pretty keen (and reasonably well known to me) before I'll do that, though.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Keith]

Years ago I bought a brand new CB750 Honda. A good friend asked if he could take it for a quick ride to which I said ... "Sure, but if you bend it you own it!"

Two k's down the road he t-boned a car and wrote the bike off. Luckily, somehow he was unscathed. He wrote me out a cheque for the bike that day! 😀

 

[taskoni]

No problem.
Regards,
b.

To be more specific I meant locally - no problem. The thing is, I know that here are only a few people shooting the cameras I have and they are very narrow minded, but I often give my cameras to students for their projects for example.
I doubt I have some desired equipment you guys would like to try, and the shipping fee would be the same as rent / buy one second hand.
Regards,
b.

 

[Matus]

Years ago I bought a brand new CB750 Honda. A good friend asked if he could take it for a quick ride to which I said ... "Sure, but if you bend it you own it!"

Two k's down the road he t-boned a car and wrote the bike off. Luckily, somehow he was unscathed. He wrote me out a cheque for the bike that day! 😀

There is a lesson to be learned - borrow only as much of gear as you can pay back if anything bad happens 😉

 

[jljohn]

There is a lesson to be learned - borrow only as much of gear as you can pay back if anything bad happens 😉

Also: loan only what you can afford not to get back. (should something go wrong and the borrower couldn't pay for or replace it).

 

[Carterofmars]

Interesting... I might start an exchange program. ;😉

 

[Spyro]

yes I do trust humans 🙂
I've loaned cameras and lenses to people I knew for a while, but only knew them online.
And I have trusted the post office a hundred times with my purchases so I dont see that as an issue.

 

[jbielikowski]

How about RFF Gear Swap Project 2011? 😉