Stolen Lenses

[Ed Richards]

Someone broke into my car and stole these lenses:

Fujinon-C 300/8.5
90mm f6.8 Sinaron W
150mm Sinaron SE
210mm Sinaron SE
Fujinon 400T
Nikon 65mm F4

Just a heads up. Fortunately, they did not steal the Rubbermaid tub with the camera, or any of the gear for shooting (tripods, etc.). Looks I am going to get to know my Nikon 120mm real well - it was on the camera.:-)

[Jan Pedersen]

Awefull discovery, know how that feels. Hope that your house insurance will cover.

[neil poulsen]

My regrets. That really hurts. It took me years to collect my lenses; makes it all the worse when they get stolen.

[eric black]

If you have them, please post the serial numbers on this and the other photo related websites- its a long shot Im sure, but you never know. It would be nice to see the person who did it nabbed.

[jb7]

Nightmare-

[Daniel_Buck]

do you have the serial numbers? That might help tracking them down, maybe head over to your local camera stores with the list of serial numbers, let them keep an eye out for them? Maybe grab the licenseplate of the guy who walks in to try and sell them to the store? That would be my first plan of action. I wouldn't put to much faith in finding them though, sorry :-( That's pretty low, stealing someones gear :-(

[Greg Lockrey]

That sucks!!! You should have left them with your pet Boa Constrictor.

[lenser]

So sorry this happened, Ed. I sympathize because the same thing happened to me twenty years ago in St. Louis.

Tell us what part of the country you are in and make up a list with all the lenses and serial numbers and get that out not only to police, but also to every pawn shop and photographer within fifty miles. These things have to be fenced somewhere and pawn shops and maybe the auction sites are about the only places besides camera stores where there is a market.

I don't know if ebay has an automatic alert system that you can access for them to watch for stolen items, but near the top right part of their main page is a live chat button. That will get you a real person who can advise you about how to watch for the items, there.

Good luck.

Tim

[Kirk Gittings]

Whoa, really sorry Ed.

[lenser]

Ed,

Another thought just occurred.

I see from your site that you are from Louisiana. If you are not a member, join Craig's List (free) and keep watch on the Photo+Video section under For Sale in all of the six cities (La.) listed. You might also check under general and barter in the For Sale sections.

If you are close to a border state, check the nearby cities in that state as well.

Craig's List seems to be legitimate even though it's got some dicey topics. It's also not as well known as ebay and local shops. Your ass h....thief might see it as being a quieter place to try to dump this stuff.

Again, good luck in the biggest way.

Tim