Ever had your camera stolen? Try this.

GooniesNeverSayDie11 · Jul 21, 2011

Not sure if anyone's posted on this yet, but it seems like a really useful tool.

Find Your Stolen Camera with Stolen Camera Finder - Techland - TIME.com

480sparky · Jul 21, 2011

Too bad the links the article contains are useless.

Malone · Jul 21, 2011

480sparky said:
Too bad the links the article contains are useless.

They worked for me. Maybe it's your browser?

Camera finder

Stolen Camera Finder - find your photos, find your camera

Camera list
Stolen Camera Finder - supported cameras

GooniesNeverSayDie11 · Jul 21, 2011

Malone said:
480sparky said:

Too bad the links the article contains are useless.

Click to expand...

They worked for me. Maybe it's your browser?

Camera finder

Stolen Camera Finder - find your photos, find your camera

Camera list
Stolen Camera Finder - supported cameras

.....or maybe its the user

480sparky · Jul 21, 2011

I dunno. Now they work. Go figure.

djacobox372 · Jul 21, 2011

Cool, I've never had a camera stolen, but I have sold some dslrs that I'd grown attached to, it will be nice to see what they're up to.

GooniesNeverSayDie11 · Jul 21, 2011

You have to use a file that hasn't been altered since leaving the camera. So that pretty much means its only going to find a pic that is uploaded as a jpeg or unedited RAW then. So if you have a 5D stolen, its a good chance whoever buys it on the black market isn't going to be uploading many straight outta the camera jpegs.

mattburns · Jul 22, 2011

GooniesNeverSayDie11 said:
You have to use a file that hasn't been altered since leaving the camera. So that pretty much means its only going to find a pic that is uploaded as a jpeg or unedited RAW then...

That's not strictly true. When editing images, some applications trim the exif to export smaller jpegs, while some just screw it up. However, many applications manage to keep the exif in tact. I simply suggest people use unedited files when possible as that is the most common cause for problems when using the drag and drop feature. I have web crawlers that use exiftool to extract data from web images.

Hope you guys find the site useful.

Disclaimer: I'm the author of stolencamerafinder

-Matt