There's an upcoming G8 meeting in Alberta, but since the place is effectively off-limits and will have the military crawling all over the place, manifestations have been organized in Ottawa (called 'Take Over The Capital,' appropriately). Now, since I live in Ottawa, I figured this is a perfect photo op to take some interesting street photos. :) I could choose to be behind the police lines, but that's not very interesting, so I've decided instead to buy a tube of Ben Gay and get in the heat of things. :P It's almost guaranteed there'll be tear gas and water cannons, maybe even plastic bullets (these things get worse every year from the police side, often for no reason IMHO, but anyway) so I want to protect my camera as much as I can, and I'd love some advice or suggestions. At this point, considering I really doubt any insurance will cover my camera in a situation like this, I figure I've got two choices: a) Bring the SLR and take some steps; b) Just bring a P&S camera. If I brought the SLR, I figured I could tape some plastic all around the body and lens, probably use just one lens (I was thinking of renting a 24mm wide-angle lens, so long as they let me, but I might have to stick with my 35-80mm zoom). I'd just keep the thing at hyperfocal so I don't have to fiddle with settings, keep it close to my body, but the plastic would keep any tear gas or water away from anything but the filter (which is a cheap Tiffen UV filter anyway). With this option, I was also planning on bringing some TriX 400 B&W film (or maybe Ilford or color film.. depends on what you people suggest might be better, but I figured the latitude TriX offers might be best for this situation :). Now, the P&S offers some significant advantages, since it's an APS camera - loading film is a snap and all, but I've really gotten into using the SLR. And the film choices for APS cameras isn't that broad.. I know of only one Kodak B&W APS film in my area, which is nice and all, but then I don't have the lens to go with it, nor as many options if I do find reason to fiddle with aperture or shutter speed at some point. Any thoughts? 'course, it doesn't mean I'll end up with anything good either way, since this will pretty much be the first time I take pictures at what will most likely be a rather lively event, but it should be good experience and I'd like to have something good come out of it for me. :) =DarkPen=