I'm so sorry. The place where you bought it may have a record of the serial number...
Regards, Bob... From: "Stan Halpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Last Thursday, 11 November, I had my *ist-D stolen in Cancun Mexico. I > stupidly left it sitting on a bench in an upscale shopping mall; when I > hurried back three minutes later, it was gone. Taken by 3 American (?) > tourists according to witnesses. It was wearing a black 31mm LTD and a > 1 gbyte Sandisk Ultra. If you spot the camera or lens on eBay or other > sale site, please let me know. > > I just got back from the trip and have not yet been able to find the > receipts or other record of the serial numbers. My mail files only go > back about 9 months, and I bought the *ist-D about a year ago, the 31mm > lens about 18 months ago. If any of you happen to have saved any mail I > might have sent commenting on the serial numbers for lens or camera, I > would appreciate hearing about it. > > I am only here for a few days, leave for Bulgaria for a week next > Monday. I'll pick up a new *ist-D from my local shop tomorrow. My > insurance guy said that the loss would probably be covered, minus the > $500 deductable of course. > > Good news is that I had damaged the camera the day before - I took a > fall while climbing in the ruins at Tulum. Camera in my hand, as I > landed the camera hit hard on a flat sand-covered rock. No visible > damage, but the camera would no longer fire with the AF-S setting - it > was as though it was not getting focus confirmation. Bad news is that I > never downloaded the Tulum shots before the camera was taken the next > day. I was shooting RAW - I take some glee in thinking of the thief > trying to figure how to get autofocus to work, and how to view the RAW > pictures. > > The other silver lining in the cloud: I had had my 77mm on the camera > that morning, but I had then swapped the 77mm for the 31mm in part to > verify that the AF problem was the camera and not the lens. Even though > the 31mm cost quite a bit more, I have used the 77mm far more than the > 31 (or the 43). > > Other than that, the Cancun trip was great, I strongly recommend it as > a place to decompress.
