Will the mall let you view any security camera footage? Perhaps some shops nearby have cameras that overlook the place you left your camera.
There's been two incidents in Australia recently that were solved by unrelated security cameras that recorded the events. An assault and murder was solved in Melbourne because a shops internal camera recorded the victim being pestered by her attacker shortly before her disappearance. A dognapping in Sydney was solved and the dog recovered because a camera further along the street recorded a small boy carrying the dog away, the footage and a screenshot were put up on Facebook, and the dognapper was recognized. I know your camera is small change by comparison, but the principle is the same. regards, Anthony On 24 October 2012 14:20, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, not really lost, rather, stupidly left on a bench. > > It happened a week and a half ago. I was working at the time, had taken my > camera strap off my neck and put the camera next to me while I sat in a > shopping mall checking something in my wallet. Then my Android beeped, > telling me I got a call to pick up. > > As I got off the subway about fifteen minutes later that sinking feeling hit > me; no camera around my neck. > > I immediately got a second call to do, so unfortunately it was almost two > hours after I left my camera before I got back to the mall. Checked with > security and all the stores near the bench (who would have brought the camera > to security - mall policy); nothing turned in. > > Checked the local lost and found ads, placed lost and found ads myself, > continued to monitor ads and security. > > Nothing. > > Gone. > > Ok, I know the person who found it and walked away with it did nothing > illegal, but you'll never convince me that keeping that camera was morally > right. The ~right~ thing to do would have been to turn it in to security. > > They might as well have stolen it from me. > > I guess what bothers me most is that they won't get much for it if they pawn > it or sell it. It's worth far more to me than it's market value. > > Even worse, what likely happened is that the finder sold it at a bar for $20 > for a few beers. > > Oh well. > > About 30 lost images, maybe a few good ones but no prize winners. The 18-55mm > was on it and while I'll miss it, at least it's not a valuable lens. > > And I still have my venerable *IstD. > > It was a terrific camera and took wonderful images. I'll miss it. > > cheers, > frank > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
