Nearly one in ten camera owners fell over while taking their shots – often into water ? according to disasters documented by a UK insurance company.<\/p>\n
?Many photographers admit to perching precariously to get the shot they are after and this leads to accidents,? said a spokesman for the Domestic & General survey, which brands camera owners as ?butterfingers?.<\/p>\n
Almost three quarters of claims arise from the owner dropping their camera onto a hard surface, into water or falling while holding their camera.<\/p>\n
Dogs and children are blamed in one in six cases, state the results of analysis by the insurance firm.<\/p>\n
Overall, one in four claims stem from the photographer dropping the camera into water ? ranging from baths to rock pools and rivers.<\/p>\n
In 9% of cases the owner fell over with the camera in their hand or pocket, while 3% of claims arose from the owner ?running over the camera in a car?.<\/p>\n
Domestic & General has published extracts from claims it received over a six month period:<\/p>\n
One photographer reported: ?I was taking some shots in the garden. As I changed the lens I lost my grip on the camera. I tried to cushion its fall by sticking out my foot but ended up ?volleying? it across the concrete slabs and down the steps.?<\/p>\n
Another wrote: ?I packed the camera into a travel bag for a family day out and loaded the car up. When I started to drive off I heard a pop. I got out and checked the tyre but when I looked I saw the camera on the road. It had fallen out of the bag and I had accidentally driven over it in the car.?<\/p>\n
In one claim a camera owner said: ?I slipped on the damp ground and the camera fell out of my hands and down the cliff face and onto the rocks below.?<\/p>\n
In another case insurers were told: ?My children bumped into me by the swimming pool and I fell in with the camera in my hand.?<\/p>\n
Here?s one more: ?The damage occurred as I was changing lenses. One of my dogs ran into my tripod, knocking it over into the water. So, my camera landed face down in the river.?<\/p>\n
The results were based on 88 ‘camera claims’ received between 10 October 2007 and 10 April 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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