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Stolen gear - can you keep a look out please?

PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:46 pm
by muzz
I hope it's OK to post this information here. Today I became aware of a member of the photoblog community who has just had all of his gear (plus some other goods) stolen from his home, including all of his images from the last 10 years. There are a number of lessons to be learned from his experience, but at the moment it would be of great help if anyone looking at second hand gear could keep an eye out for any of the stuff listed below.

You can find out a few more details here.

List of Tony’s Stolen Camera & Computer Equipment

CAMERA EQUIPMENT

Canon EOS 5D Mark II (Digital Camera)

Body No. 2764B014[AA], (21) 0230114578, (21) 01357319

Bar Code: 4 960999 629568

Serial No. 230114578

Distinguishing Features:

* Missing the rubber seal over the extension system terminal (HDMI) located on the bottom of the camera. The Rubber seal is approx 1.5cm by 1cm black rubber seal.
* Surface rust / corrosion on the metal hot shoe plate (where the flash goes) at the top of the camera.
* Also wear and slight corrosion on lens mount and screws.

CAMERA

Fuji G617 / 105 / 1.8 Lens / Medium Format Panoramic Still Camera

Serial No. 6111459.

Distguishing Features:

* Bubble level on external lens protection bars broken / been broken – so that the level and its bar may be missing or patched.
* Some screws on the corner of the camera housing are cracked.

CAMERA

Olympus, 1030SW 10mp Waterproof (10 metres) Underwater Digital Camera

Serial No. Unknown

Colour Silver

CAMERA LENS

1. Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 L Series Lens As new
2. Canon 17-40m f/4 L Series Lens Edge broken where filter screws in
3. Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Ex DG Lens Filter Size 77

Serial No: 0 085126310547

MANFROTTO 340 Elbow Bracket Customised threaded screw to hexagonal shaped mounting bracket.

NEUTRAL DENSITY FILTERS

1. 1 x Lee Neutral Density Filter Kit 1 x 0.3 , 1 x 0.6, 1 x 0.9

Lee Foundation Kit & 77mm wide angle adaptor ring.

1. Hoya 1 NDX 400 Very light scratches on glass surface.

Extremely dark black glass filter.

1. Hoya Circular Polariser Hoya pro digital 77mm diameter

Very slim line, high end professional filters / good condition / clear plastic case – or on one of the lenses.

CAMERA BAG Lowe Pro Nature Trekker AW II Camera Back Pack

STOP WATCH Timex Indigo Navy Ring Clip stop watch

Unusual shape: Oval with the a digital watch face across the centre. Has an alarm that goes of twice a day that I do not know how to turn off, goes off mid afternoon and at night time – each day.

Navy blue & Grey

BATTERY PACK 2 x Genuine Canon LP – E6 Battery Pack for Canon 5D Mark II

BATTERY CHARGER Battery charger LC-E6E, See Serial No.s for Canon camera above. Some may match for the charger which came with the camera.

COMPACT FLASH MEMORY CARDS 2 x Sandisk Extreme 16GB Compact Flash Memory Cards

COMPACT FLASH MEMORY CARDS 2 x Sandisk Extreme IV Pro Compact Flash Memory Card, 8 GB

MEMORY CARD Can’t remember manufacturer – 32 GB

REMOTE CONTROL Chord for Canon 5D Mark II

COMPUTER EQUIPMENT

LAP TOP / 13” MACBOOK PRO / 250 GB Hard Drive / 2.53 GHz Processor

Serial No: W8929CT966E

Part No MB991X/A

Model No. A1278

Airport ID 002608DEFSF2

Blue Tooth ID 002608C3855A

Distinguishing Features:

* Silver Aluminum Casing
* And stores 10 years worth of collected panoramic & landscape images from around Australia

IPOD NANO / 8GB

Part No: MA980ZP/A

Serial No: 7K7419VEYOR

Distinguishing Features:

* Silver
* Black Leather Case
* Digital FM Transmitter Attached

HARD DRIVES

5 x 750 GB, Western Digital “my passport” USB Hard drives

Colour: All Slick Black

Labelled on the ends in Black Texta, individually:

* 2010 Pans 1
* 2010 Pans 11
* 2010 Raw 1
* 2010 Raw 11
* Time machine

Stores 10 years worth of collected images panoramic & landscape from around Australia

2 x 500 GB, Western Digital USB Hard Drives

Colour: Silver Aluminum Cases (both).

Marked with black texta, individually:

* 2008
* 2008 – 2009

Stores 10 years worth of collected images from around Australia

1 x 500 GB, Freecom USB Hard Drive

Aluminum Black Casing

Stores 10 years worth of collected panoramic & landscape images from around Australia

1 x 160GB, Western Digital Hard Drive

Silver Aluminum Casing

Black Texta, labeling:

- 2008

Stores 10 years worth of collected panoramic & landscape images from around Australia

TOOLS AND OTHER GEAR

1 x Duo Fast Coil Nail Gun in Case Nail Gun – Silver and Blue

Brand New in Blue Case

1 x Makita Jigsaw in Case Sky Blue

1 x Rotary Masonry Drill in Case Drill – Grey

Case – Grey

1 x Professional Snorkel & Mask Clear and Purple Mask

Blue Snorkel

1 x Travel Back Pack – Tatonka 70 Litre Black and purple

Re: Stolen gear - can you keep a look out please?

PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:54 pm
by surenj
Sorry to hear about this! :shock:

I hope he had off-site backup (like many of us should) for his images.

Wish him all the best and hope he at least recovers his sanity again.

will keep an eye out in ebay etc..

Re: Stolen gear - can you keep a look out please?

PostPosted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 8:58 am
by dviv
I sympathise :cry:

I know the feeling and it sucks - my only consolation was that I didn't lose any pictures so I can only imagine his pain.

Re: Stolen gear - can you keep a look out please?

PostPosted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:59 pm
by aim54x
My sympathies...makes me start to shiver about how to deal with my collection of images....

Re: Stolen gear - can you keep a look out please?

PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:42 pm
by alexparker
Oh...sorry to hear about that...

Anyway I will help to look out any strange trading in ebay

Hope he has backup of his pics