Posted on 11/17/2014 6:14:41 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
Camera equipment has long been attractive to the eyes of thieves. After all, it’s generally portable, pricey, and a piece of cake to sell through channels such as Craigslist. In Northern California, robbers have begun targeting photojournalists at gunpoint in order to snatch their gear.
Developer Trevor Sehrer, a Google engineer by day, has been working on a website that aims to help combat the theft of photography gear. It’s called Lenstag, and is an online equipment registry that makes it easier to report and track stolen cameras and lenses.
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Thank you.
although I dont often traverse the sort of tundra where such stuff might occur one never knows.
Thanks again.
I dunno—an online registry would tell thieves who has what.
ping for later
Please correct me if I read the article wrong, but it appears that the “proof of ownership” the website is looking for is just a picture of the lens with the serial number visible. Problem is, what’s to stop the thief from registering the lens as if it’s legit if the owner hasn’t yet done so? Nothing, really. So a thief could in fact use this sort of service to make a stolen item look legit to buyers.
When I take the fancy Nikon, I carry a $3k camera and usually $3k in lenses. I also carry a Sig P-229 in .40 with two extra 14 round mags. Just seems prudent.
Thanks. Will have to check this out.
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