Stolen equipment

[Donald Miller]

I am posting this here since some of you do not visit the Lounge. When I returned from Europe I found that my house had been burglarized. This is a list of equipment taken. If you encounter any of these items under questionable circumstances please let me know. A reward is offered. My neighbors indicate that the general time of the theft occurred during 4-16-09 to 4-21-09. I live in Gilbert, Arizona and assume that the items will be fenced in this general area.

• Winchester Oliver Winchester commemorative 38/55 Rifle
• One box (20 rounds) 38/55 cartridges
• Remington semi-automatic 22 rifle
• Martin D35 guitar Rosewood (back and sides)
• Martin hard case for above guitar
• Martin D 12-28 twelve string guitar
• Martin hard case for above guitar
• Bronica ETRS camera body
• Bronica ETRS AE prism finder
• Bronica ETRS extension tube
• Bronica ETRS 220 film back
• Bronica ETRS 220 film back
• Bronica ETRS 120 film back
• Bronica ETRS 250 mm lens
• Bronica ETRS 150 mm lens
• Bronica ETRS 75 mm lens
• Bronica ETRS 50 mm lens
• Bronica ETRS WL finder
• Bronica ETRS speed grip
• Kenwood Stereo
• One pair of Stratus Gold stereo speakers
• One each Definity stereo sub woofer
• One each Canon 5D digital camera
• One each Canon f4 24-105 L lens
• One each Canon f 2.8 16-30 L lens
• One each Canon f 2.8 70-200 L lens
• One each Canon f1.2 85 mm L Lens
• Two each Canon 580 EXII camera flash
• One each Canon ste2 transmitter
• Camera case for Canon digital camera equipment above
• 1000 ounces Eberhard pure silver bullion
• One each Wisner 5X7 Traditional field camera
• One each Wisner 5X7-4X5 reducing back
• One each Wisner 5X7 bag bellows
• One each Schneider 305 mm G Claron lens
• One each Schneider 210 mm f5.6 Symmar lens
• One each Nikkor M 450 mm lens
• One each Nikkor 180 mm lens
• One each Schneider 90 mm Super Angulon lens
• One each Sekonic 558 ambient/spot light meter
• One each Profoto 1200 watt second monolight strobe kit.
• One each Profoto 1200 w/second moonlight strobe
• One each Boom stand
• One each 42 inch softbox
• Two each Umbrella light modifiers
• Three softsided black cases for light equipment
• One each Canon XHA1 HD video camera
• Black softsided case for video camera
• Thirteen each BW filters (one each for each of the lenses previously identified.
• One each Hakuba carbon fiber tripod
• One each BYO computer. (Dual Quad core, 12 Gigs ram, Graphics card, case, power supply—componants purchased
And assembled in 2008.
• One each Gateway 24 inch computer monitor
• One each wireless router.
• Software installed on computer includes
• Microsoft Windows Ultimate 64 bit
• Microsoft Office 2007
• Photoshop CS4 Production Premium Suite
• Photodex ProShow Producer
• Topaz Enhance
• Bluff Titler
• Autopano Pro
• Red Giant Particular

Moderators if this is not posted to the proper thread, please move it to the appropriate thread.

Donald Miller

[bob carnie]

Donald
I am very sorry to see this, I hope that you have success locating your equipment.

Bob

[Preston]

Donald,

I'm sorry to hear this. It's just sickening. I wish you success in recovering your property.

-Preston

[Marko]

Oh, man! This is quite a list of very nice items, I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope your insurance comes through. I know it cannot replace all the effort that obviously went into assembling all of that, but at least it should help you with replacement.

And just as an aside, if the theft happened as long ago as April, most if not all of it very likely has already been fenced. Heck, the characters may have even been caught since then on some other "job" like that for all we know. They usually don't last long.

[Ted Stoddard]

Seems to me they new exacty what to go after and had plenty of time to get it all, sorry for your loss I know how you feel my car was stolen last week out of my driveway... It might of been someone close or someone near by... Can't trust everyone...

Don't forget o check Craigslist as well in your area you never know it might be a dumb criminal who is trying to sell it there...

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Donald, this makes me sick. I hope the people who did this are caught and put away for a long time. There is some fantastic equipment there and I am so sorry for you. Someone had to be watching your house. On top of all of the photography gear to loose not one but two Martin's is too much. I know if anyone ever stole my '68 D-28 I'd have to really thing hard about not offing them, I mean really to steal someone's axes is over the line. Man this pisses me off.

Jim

[Ben Hopson]

Donald, I hope the lowlife(s) who did this will be caught, punished and your gear returned. This kind of invasion makes a person afraid to ever leave home.

Ben

[jeroldharter]

Wow, you really got cleaned out. Would need a big vehicle to tote that stuff. I was robbed once and appreciate the frustration. I hope you had insurance.

As an aside, perhaps a link or a sticky thread about the ins and outs of insuring equipment for pros and amateurs would be good.

[John Voss]

I'm so sorry about this, Donald. It's an awful feeling. I used to think that a well known photographer friend of mine was overdoing it with a locked steel door to his darkroom, and all his gear in gun safe-like locked vaults, but now I can see his point. Hope you get it all back, and the perps get to be long time friends of Bernie Madoff!

[Capocheny]

Hi Don,

I'm glad nobody was home at the time of the break-in and that, as a result, nobody was hurt!

Good luck on the speedy recovery of your gear.

Cheers