camera theft Archives

Photographer stole $15,000 worth of gear from his fellow photographers’ NYC studio

Nov 1, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

A few months ago, photographer Seth Miranda and a few other photographers had their gear stolen – by a fellow photographer. Seth and his colleagues…

Staff attacked with bear spray during robbery at The Camera Store, Canada

May 20, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

On Thursday, 16 May 2019, The Camera Store in Canada was robbed. A man took a Sony A7R III and Sony 16-35mm F2.8 G Master…

Over 2.5 billion online images are stolen every day, Copytrack reports

Apr 1, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Unfortunately, it’s very common that photos published online get stolen and used without permission. But a recent report by Copytrack shows just how common it…

I got $5,000 worth of gear stolen from me through Fat Llama

Mar 21, 2019 Keith Donegan

As mentioned previously on this site, I use the Fat Llama website to loan out some of my photography gear when not in use, and I’ve been…

$3,000,000 worth of stolen Hollywood film equipment found in Argentina

Sep 17, 2018 John Aldred

If you’ve been working in Hollywood lately and noticed a piece of equipment disappearing here and there, it might currently be in Argentina. Sky News…

Virginia court rules that stealing photographs for commercial websites is “fair use”

Jul 2, 2018 John Aldred

Well, this one has some potentially scary consequences for photographers rights, as well as other copyright holders. The case involves an image created by photographer…

Calgary police catch suspected thieves, return stolen Hasselblad gear to The Camera Store

Dec 21, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Earlier this week, Calgary-based business The Camera Store was robbed and $35,000 worth of Leica and Hasselblad gear was stolen from their store. Only 48…