Ryan and I tend to take a lot of pictures with our camera, and so if we were ever to lose it, we’d be pretty bummed about the pictures still sitting on the memory card that were lost. Some of you have probably been on a vacation or out and about and lost your camera before, and it’s probably not a very nice feeling. So what is someone to do when they lose their camera, and therefore their pictures? Better yet, what is an honest person supposed to do when they come across a lost camera and they want to try and find the owner? A fairly new blog is there to the rescue, to help unite lost cameras with their owners.
The blog is found at www.ifoundyourcamera.blogspot.com and as mentioned, it is new so they don’t have a whole lot of content on there quite yet. If you’ve found a camera and you have it in your possession, they ask that you email them with at least four photos from the found camera, and as many details as possible (like where it was found, and when). Every Thursday they end-up posting the pictures with whatever information was provided in hopes that someone will recognize someone in a picture and be able to identify whose camera the pictures came from so that the camera can be returned.
To help make things a little easier for people who have lost their cameras and are trying to recover them, they have a search feature where you can search for pictures found near you. They also keep track of their success and at this point, 10 different people were able to be reunited with their cameras, all thanks to the site. It’s good to know there are still good people out there, isn’t it?
This site got me thinking about all of the cameras that are lost every single day. While this blog is amazing, it seems as though there needs to be a more wide-spread method to help people get their cameras back. Our idea is that camera makers like Sony, Nikon, Kodak, and Canon, should set-up a section on their website dedicated to this. If all of them did this, people would know to automatically turn to these camera websites to either look for their camera when they lose it, or post pictures from a camera that they found.
If you’ve ever lost your camera, you know that it’s not a good feeling to think that you probably won’t ever get your photos back unless someone who’s honest decides to take the time to try and identify who the camera belongs to. Ifoundyourcamera.net is a nifty idea that needs to spread like wildfire to the thousands of people out there who find lost cameras regularly, and to the poor people who lose them. It sure beats posting “Lost” signs around town, doesn’t it?
To be honest if i find a nice camera i generaly dont go looking for the owner lol
Use of the word ‘honest’ in such a sentence?
Its TRUE lol but realy if you found a 8 megapixle camera would you give it back?
Sure I would give it back. How could you be mean enough to keep it? My brother lost his wallet while we were visiting Canada’s east coast and a week or so after we got back, we received it in the mail with everything still in it. The wonderful person didn’t even tell us who he was so we couldn’t send him anything as thanks.
Funny thing is, I know the guy who runs this website. He’s the son of my college instructor in Manitoba. I guess being nice to people really is only a Canadian thing.
No, I don’t think honesty and being nice to other people is restricted to certain countries. I live in Panama, and I would be more than happy to return a lost camera or any other lost item for that matter.
I’m sure I’m speaking for millions of people around the world who would do exactly the same thing. Honesty is still around, thanks God!
I guess for those who aren’t nice enough to give the camera back, maybe they could be courteous enough to try and give back the memory card? After all, it’s usually the memories left on the camera that people are the most concerned about losing. A camera can be replaced, the pictures, however, cannot.
I think there are nice, and the not-so-nice, everywhere you go
I just lost my camera on my way home from my wedding in hawaii. I would sure hope somebody would give it back. It means more to me than that person knows. I just lost it sept. 26, 2009 on the front seat of the air plane. if anyone has any info please email me at lindsaylars@hotmail.com Thank you so much! Reward for info or mem. card from camera
Lost black/dark gray Sony Cybershot DSC-T700 Camera
Hi, I lost my digital photo camera a black/dark gray Sony DSC-T700 along with its Sony rechargable battery, a SD Cruzer 8Gb memory card, and a case yesterday – Wednesday (Jan 27,2010 – some minutes before 10:00 am) at the Rocky Statue next to the Art Museum in Philadelphia, PA I am almost sure that what happened was that it fell down from my coat’s “shallow” left pocket. I am extremely sad not only because of the camera but mainly because of the important pictures I had in there. I am more concerned about losing the memories on it. Among a lot of them there were pictures of my mother who came to the US from Brazil to visit me over the Christmas past year (from Dec 11 to Dec 27). I want the pictures more than the camera (any way it is fine for me: the memory card, in a cd , by email, picasa…) although I do not have another camera but those pictures are really priceless and I am very sad because I had not downloaded the pictures yet. And a camera can be replaced, the pictures however; cannot. God bless the person who found it and returns the camera or only the pictures to me. I will be very thankful, more than happy and give a reward to the person who gives it back to me. Thank you so much
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Hi all. I lost my camera on Jan 29th 2010 somewhere between antigua airport and home, travelling on virgin plane to London Gatwick airport and then1st capital connect train to London Bridge. Its a silver nikon coolpix s200 7.1 megapixal in a black carry case. Not too fussed about the camera – again miss all the photos on it! There’s photos of a family wedding and all my holiday pics of antigua! If anyone has seen it I would really appreciate an e-mail! Many thanks. x
Hi All,
We are a young couple who lost our digital camera in Santorini-Greece last thursday (1.4.10).
It is a cannon a-570 silver camera inside a black briefcase.
We had our entire trip photos there.
We beleive we lost it somewhere near the red beach (Akrotiri) or on a taxi cab from there to Imerovigli.
We will highly appreciate if anyone found it.
Thanks,
Tali & Omer
Hi there, I Lost my cybershot on Mexicana airline, flight 981, from Vancouver to Mexico City. In MX city int’l airport. I just ask for my PRODUO memory stick. It has my pics of Inner Mongolia, ShangHai, Hong Kong and Beijing trips. Memory card can be easily recognized by clicking in this link
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I lost my Fuji F31d (I think it was that model) somewhere between leaving a Mark Warner hotel at San Lucianu in Corsica on Sunday 6th June 2010 and the Poretta Airport at Bastia. The photos and video are all taken around this the hotel resort and will include many of my two boys doing alot of sailing. I am desperate fro the back, I don’t care about the camera just the 2gb XD card would be great!
Hi, I lost a silver Nikon Coolpix camera at UBC in one of my classes – it came with a memory card in it, and an extra one in the black carry case…I am really missing the photos on it, so please reply if you found it. Reward.
Hi, I lost my camera in Beijing on July 9th. I think it was lost in the Peking Duck restaurant atop the silk market or within the silk market itself. I know this is a long shot. The camera was a black Canon powershot and it had pictures of myself and my husband on holiday in China amongst other things. We are a black couple — I have dreadlocks and he is bald. Please return if found .. there will be a reward — the pictures are important to me.
You can contact me at cejiochi@yahoo.com or reply to this posting. Thank you!
Chiemeka E
PINK SONY CYBERSHOT W220 with BLUE CASE was lost in Macau on august 14, 2010. If found please contact this account. Or macau number +853 62634800 Billie custodio. Thank you so much. We are not sure about the place we left it, maybe in BLACK TAXI or in MCDO in taipa. Please contact us. We will be thankful and glad to get it back. Please have a kind heart. =)It has full of memories.
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We left our Sony Cybershot camera on Hawaiian airlines when we deboarded in San Diego in March 2008, we tried to get back on the plane but they wouldn’t let us, it was the last flight for the day so either the maintenance crew found it or a passenger on a future flight. The frustration is that we knew we left it on the plane but customer service at the Hawaiian desk would not help us in any way and they claimed that a camera was not found, (my husband had tucked it into the seat pocket). I have been searching for this camera ever since…actually we have replaced the camera but the pictures on it are important to us, the pictures were of our vacation in Hawaii with 2 of our grandchildren, we were visiting our daughter and her Marine husband in Oahu (they have 3 children). We had taken at least 100 pictures, all our memories are lost because I’m sure whoever found the camera deleted the pictures. It would absolutely make my day if the memory card had not been erased and we could get our pictures, as I said, we have replaced the camera but the pictures, the memories are not replaceable….I hope that whoever found it would at least return our pictures. email me @ qsclogkat@aol.com
Hi i lost a memory stick in Mexico City in January 2007 (so I know this is a long shot!). I was staying in a hostel in the old town. It was a Sony Pro Duo and had photo’s from Singapore, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico City itself. If anyone has it please email me at k.b.ahmad@gmail.com. Thanks
I lost my Pink Sony Cybershot T77 camare in Beijing on 17th, Jul2011. There’s around 700 pictures of me and my another 2 friends in it. We would really appreciate if someone could give it back to us as the pictures are really meaningful to us.My email is: sylvia.my@gmail.com. Thanks!
Hello – I lost a Blue Sony Cybershot W290 camera in Niagara Falls on Clifton Hill on Sept. 12th 2011. It was in a black camera case. I lost it either at the Movieland Wax Museum or walking towards the Skywheel. This camera has so many precious pictures of my family and my 3 year old son from events over the summer. My email address is: ann7245@yahoo.com. I would appreciate the return.
Many thanks
I lost my silver digital Canon Powershot SD1200 IS camera at the Convention Center (Open) Parking lot during the Long Beach Marathon on October 9, 2011. It was in a black leather case and had an 8GB SD card with all our family photos/videos from September 2011 to date of loss, which are sentimental and irreplaceable. My daughter’s Fun Run bib (number 757) and my husband and my Bike Tour bibs (numbers 22458 and 22459) are captured in some of the later photos. Reward will be provided for the return, with no questions asked. We just want our photos/videos back. Please email me at gillette1226@yahoo.com. Thank you for your help.
I lost my wife’s camera either in Sheffield PA or Alleghany National Forest over the weekend of Oct 9th and 10th. It is a pink Sony Cybershot camera with a pink and grey case. Please contact with any information. troymounts@gmail.com The camera has pics of our kids on it that we would really like to get back.
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LOST NIKON PROFESSIONAL CAMERA IN TAXI
LICENSE PLATE: ML4454
DATE: 29/10/11
TIME: 12:50AM
REWARD: $1000
Hi. I lost my SAMSUNG PL-90 (red) camera on IOS GREECE last August … I am only interested on the pictures!! Please reply if you found it
Lost a Nikon Digital Camera with a black color camera bag, inside the Mexico City airport. Just above the camera lence, my son’s name “Vivek Girish” with two happy faces. If you find it, please contact
Lost a black cannon camera in shanghai. It has pictures of a group of teenagers in places like the Great Wall and the Forbidden City. I’ll settle for just getting the SD card back. And there will be a reward. Thanks