$40,000+ of my personal Nikon gear stolen in Burbank

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MikeCurtis

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Hey all - Mike Curtis here, you might remember HDforIndies.com that I wrote for years.

I had ALL of my personal camera gear stolen from my car yesterday at the Burbank Marriott Entertainment Technology Expo.

So if you see any of this gear for sale, please let me know (without tipping off where you saw it!).

The big pieces:

Camera bodies:

Nikon D300s camera body - serial number 3007823
Nikon D700 camera body - serial number 2511362
Nikon D800 camera body - serial number 3006985
Nikon D3S camera body (has a clear plastic cover over rear display, Giottos) - serial number 2053064
Nikon D4 DIGITAL SLR CAMERA camera body - 2020218
GoPro HD Hero - HD1 04 10 118010
GoPro HD Hero2 - H214A1211033385
GoPro Hero3 - don't have serial #

Lenses:

Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX - 8245361
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35mm f/4G ED VR - US230350
Nikon 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR AF-S DX - US36006839
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED Autofocus Lens (Black) - US 573665
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 28mm f/1.8G Lens - 606658
Nikon Wide Angle AF Nikkor 35mm f/2.0D Autofocus Lens - US 549483
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G Autofocus Lens -US653105
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G - 614835
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II Lens - US20111333
Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Zoom Lens - US2313573
Nikon TC-20E III 2x Teleconverter for AF-S & AF-I Lenses - 239732

Expensive bits:

Nikon GP-1 GPS Unit - 201800
Nikon SB-700 Speedlight Flash - 2214802
Nikon MB-D10 Multi-Power Battery Grip - 2216224
Nikon MB-D12 MULTI POWER BATTERY PACK f/D800(grip) - 2008744
Nikon DR-5 Screw-in right angle viewfinder


…plus my 17" MacBook Pro (serial # C02FT0SKDF93), about a terabyte of CF and SD cards, twenty some-odd batteries, a bajillion cables, Tiffen filter kits, Singh Ray 77mm variable ND, etc.


I was giving a talk on time-lapse there was why I had all my gear out there, someone broke the window to my Honda Element took it all. They left sticks and some heavy Pelican cases, so probably a very fast job.


Any info greatly appreciated, please email me directly at mikedcurtis@mac.com if you see or hear of anything.


I'll be posting this elsewhere online, too.


This was the entirety of the tools of my career they just jacked, I'm really hurt by this.


-mike curtis
 
I was there today. I will definitely keep my eyes out. BTW, I would suggest trolling craigslist. BTW, I know this too late, but as a friend of mine from New York told me when I first moved to LA, "Don't leave anything of value in your car, they'll steal the crack out of your ass in THIS town if you let them." Just sharing a little dark humor in a poor attempt to cheer you up.
 
Holy cow! Yes I will keep an eye out. Serial numbers help find this stuff on Craigslist & Ebay.

I live in the area and was at Createsphere today. Always thought it was safe. Did you park in the Burbank Mariott lot?

We we should run an ad "Photog Moving to Town Looking For Deals On Gear..."
 
So sorry to hear that. I was in attendance today as well. Wish I had my eyes open for you.
Best of luck, we all can empathize.
 
Hey Mike, my heart sank when I read this. Even if you are insured its not easy to go through something like this. All you need is one serial number found and you could probably trace it back to whoever did this. I hope you can get all your gear back.

I personally hide a GPS tracker in my expensive cases for situations like this.
 
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