Hard to figure that you buy a camera to take pictures and then are afraid to take it with you. We always take ours, 2, wife and I. Long ago I used to take my slr 35mm camera, expensive, but that why I bought it, and took many wonderful pictures of the kids back then. Even so, our digitals cost few hundred each and not enough can be said about a good, small camera bag and strap, always around the neck and never left on a bench. Be responsible with your goods and enjoy the good pictures that those disposables can't duplicate.