Help me protect my new child!

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Hey guys I'm new here and new to this wonderful magic land of photography.

Got myself a nice shiny new Canon 550d 18-55mm that came with a few nondescript lenses (macro, telephoto and wide angle.)

Now I want to know everything that I can do to protect this!
What do you use to keep your equipment safe?

Cheers, Christine :gag:
 
Exactly, I can go out with my camera and the kids and their sticky fingers are at home in the big shiny cage ;)
 
Seriously though, do you mean a bag? I have a big Crumpler bag and a smaller Lowepro slingshot. For protecting lenses I have some Hoya filters. Generally I just try to be careful, but I'd rather run a bit of risk and be using it than be overprotective and never get any shots :)
 
Carry all my camera kit in a decent quality, made for the purpose, camera bag. With respect to filters, I don't use them. Others do. There are arguments for adding a filter to afford some protection to the lens, whilst others will counter that you run the risk of compromising the quality of your images by sticking a lump of glass on your lens.

Whilst I don't use a filter, what I always do is attach my lens hood, as this will offer just as much protection as a filter without compromising image quality.
 
well i just generally mean anything i can do to stop me destroying the thing!
I am just an accident waiting to happen.
I mean i drop my £400 phone at least 3 times a day!

I had a lowepro bag for my last camera and it seemed pretty good would you recommend these to be waterproof enough?

or are these crumpler people better?

what do you guys see as the advantages/ disadvantages of lens filters/ hoods.

I'd prob just go for a uv filter if anything, but im just learning :P
 
at home they are all locked away in a cupboard so that a 3 year old can't get his mitts on them but out and about i generally just use a standard record bag with the camera dumped in or casual shooting, if going to take proper photos or multiple lenses i have two or three photography bags (lowepro, vanguard)

filter wise, all my zooms have hoya pro-1 UV, prime lenses I don't bother now just to keep quality up,

as Scarecrow says lens hoods do protect, i've shattered the one on the Canon 17-40mm lens still looks new after i dropped it lens first with a 1d behind it
 
A decent strap so that you can't drop it (I use an R strap), a good bag and always use a lens hood (I don't use one for my 100 macro because that has normally got the ring flash on). Another thing is to always make sure your bag is closed even when your camera is out because it is all to easy to forget and pick it up spilling the rest of the contents onto the floor. I've done this once and the 50D fitted with my 100-400L took a tumble. It survived fortunately.
 
Make sure its properly insured , then just get out and use it and don't worry............

personally don't bother with a filter for protection (unless on the beach when its windy) just always fit the lens hood.

All Kit is stored in a Tamrac expedition 8x, then decanted into smaller bags if i'm not taking all my kit as required.
 
Pretty much the same as above, decent strap, lens hood on and a proper protective bag,only filter I ever use is a CPL, none of the protective ones.

Although I have just been wrapping my camera up in a waterproof lately and carrying it round in my everyday rucksack. No point being too precious otherwise you would never go out and the camera just ends up as a studio queen
 
The Lowepro Slingshot bag I have has a waterproof cover included that you can use, but I've only used it in light rain.

Oh, and don't use it when you've been drinking. That would be silly.
 
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