 three photographer friends and me left San Francisco city by BART to San Leandro, a city located eastbound, where we rented an RV. The trip was supposed to go to Yosemite NP, L.A. and finally to Miami. In both cities we wanted to take pictures of […] "Pin It")
On a cloudless monday morning (28/10/2013 to be exact) three photographer friends and me left San Francisco city by BART to San Leandro, a city located eastbound, where we rented an RV. The trip was supposed to go to Yosemite NP, L.A. and finally to Miami. In both cities we wanted to take pictures of a bike race. The trip ended after exactly 0.8 miles. We decided to get groceries in Walmart. We locked our equipment in the camper, where it could not be seen from the outside, took the keys and went shopping. There were security cameras, and a car on patrol on the parking lot and people everywhere. When we left the store, our shopping cart was full and the place empty where the RV was left before. The police arrived after three hours and checked the video footage. The officer could see the RV leaving the area and going on the highway in northerly direction without people or cars approaching the vehicle.
The RV (license plate: 6ZUD550) was insured. At this very day about $140.000 changed their owner in a few seconds.
Nikon Professional Service will provide us with the latest rental gear F O R F R E E!
The professional equipment of the four of us is listed below. Unfortunately there was no total insurance coverage for all of us (everybody pays around $1.500 – 12.000$ out of his own pocket), so we are thankful for your help!
| DESCRIPTION | SERIAL | VALUE |
| Macbook Pro 15″- 250GB SSD and 8GB RAM upgrade | W89371Q2648 | $1,970.00 |
| Lenovo X220 Laptop | R9-DNKWX11/05 | $1,800.00 |
| Canon 5D Mark III Camera | 063024021890 | $3,710.00 |
| Canon BG-E11 Battery Grip | 1001007994 | $407.00 |
| Nikon D800 Camera | 6074696 | $3,040.00 |
| Nikon D700 Camera | 2328862 | $1,660.00 |
| Nikon D700 Camera | 2370038 | $1,500.00 |
| Nikon D700 Camera | 2004809 | $1,480.00 |
| Nikon D300 Camera | 4158597 | $830.00 |
| Nikon D300 Camera | 4153219 | $1,240.00 |
| Nikon D300 Camera | 4151712 | $985.00 |
| Nikon D70s Camera | 4021225 | $400.00 |
| Nikon D70s Camera | serial unknown | $165.00 |
| Nikon D70s camera | serial unknown | $412.00 |
| Nikon MB-D10 Battery grip | 2104871 | $280.00 |
| Nikon MB-D10 Battery grip | 2030250 | $230.00 |
| Nikon MB-D10 Battery grip | 2272710 | $300.00 |
| Nikon 14-24 Lens | 358104 | $2,200.00 |
| Tokina 12-24 Lens | 71E3503 | $420.00 |
| Tokina 12-24 Lens | serial unknown | $317.00 |
| Nikon 18-70 Lens | 4149755 | $165.00 |
| Nikon 24-70 Lens | 596832 | $1,970.00 |
| Nikon 24-70 Lens | 680061 | $2,130.00 |
| Nikon 28-70 lens | serial unknown | $412.00 |
| Nikon 28-105 Lens | serial unknown | $276.00 |
| Nikon 50mm Lens | 357245 | $460.00 |
| Nikon 70-200 VR II Lens | 20133814 | $2,660.00 |
| Nikon 70-200 VR II Lens | 20130417 | $2,760.00 |
| Nikon 70-200 VR II Lens | 20122832 | $2,630.00 |
| Nikon TC14E II Converter | 443778 | $560.00 |
| Nikon TC 20E III converter | 222865 | $620.00 |
| Nikon TC 20E III converter | serial unknown | $700.00 |
| Canon 24-70 lens | 1026442 | $1240.00 |
| Canon 50 1.4 lens | 76370424 | $466.00 |
| Canon 70-200 lens | 540352 | $2,060.00 |
| Nikon SB80DX Flash | 2031715 | $165.00 |
| Nikon SB80DX Flash | 2179055 | $180.00 |
| Nikon SB800 Flash | 2903509 | $325.00 |
| Nikon SB900 Flash | 23330031 | $550.00 |
| Yongnuo YN 560 II Flash | 5419361 | $95.00 |
| Yongnuo YN 560 II Flash | 54197320 | $95.00 |
| Yongnuo YN 560 II Flash | 54197366 | $95.00 |
| Manfrotto Carbon Tripod woth ball head | no serial | $761.00 |
| 2x Cullmann Nanomax 200T Tripod | no serial | $90.00 |
| Memory Cards | no serial | $200.00 |
| Sandisk Memory Cards | no serial | $110.00 |
| Batteries | no serial | $200.00 |
| 5 x Battery LP-E6 | no serial | $653.00 |
| Sunsniper camera belt | no serial | $85.00 |
| Alienbee remote triggers | no serial | $390.00 |
| Paul C. Buff flash remote trigger | serial unknown | $540.00 |
| Misc camera equip | no serial | $1,600.00 |
| Misc equipment | no serial: | $900.00 |
| Tamrac Camera backpack | no serial | $550.00 |
| LowePro Vertex 200 AW Camera Backpack | no serial | $500.00 |
| LowePro vertex 200 AW camerabackpack | no serial | $305.00 |
| Lowepro ProTrekker 400 AW | no serial | $440.00 |
| Trolley with clothes | no serial | $700.00 |
| Trolley with clothes | no serial | $700.00 |
| Trolley with clothes | no serial | $1,000.00 |
| The North Face Longhaul 80 trolley with clothes | no serial | $700.00 |
| European money cash (250 EUR) | no serial | $343.00 |
| total value | $53,488.24 |
