C300: Camera Theft - C300 and C100s

Yeah, but you all are assuming a guy who can't even spell Canon right is going to take the time to search "Stolen C300" on Google, search through multiple pages (since it doesn't even come up on the 1st page of Google currently), and then what? The Ebay listing is already finished.
 
Eric Coughlin said:
Yeah, but you all are assuming a guy who can't even spell Canon right is going to take the time to search "Stolen C300" on Google, search through multiple pages (since it doesn't even come up on the 1st page of Google currently), and then what? The Ebay listing is already finished.
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Sadly, it's about fast turnover. The guy stole it and sells it for fast cash. Now onto the next victim.
Doubtful the thief will spend enough time searching online to read this thread. I hope he/they get caught. I know what it's like to be robbed. It's great others chimed in to help track down some of this. Now if only they can nail him
 
JPNola said:
http://buyerauctionmanager.com/find-ebay-user-who-won-auction.aspx

That's a bummer about your theft, Eric.

As to some earlier posts that I found to be fear-mongering: The vast majority of Craigslist purchases are made without incident. Likely on the order of +99.9% of the time. People being shot or in any way assaulted during Craiglist marketplace dealings is extremely rare. As for Atlanta being "the murder capital of the South", I also take issue with that claim. We here in New Orleans hold that title. The city of Atlanta isn't even in the top 5 in the South. Stop trying to steal our thunder, bro. :D
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Exactly. It seemed like a total overreaction to me.

But everyone has a different level of personal risk threshold they're happy to live with. Personally I grew up in the roughest part of town, but I understand if folks who grew up a sheltered life have a different view on life.

A compromise approach would be to agree to meet with the seller at a public place, like at a McD's in a mall.

But I'd prefer meeting them at their home, as then you know where they live ;-)

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Yeah, but you all are assuming a guy who can't even spell Canon right is going to take the time to search "Stolen C300" on Google, search through multiple pages (since it doesn't even come up on the 1st page of Google currently), and then what? The Ebay listing is already finished.
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Exactly. A guy who can't spell a brand name right which is CLEARLY WRITTEN ON THE CAMERA right in front of him then isn't the smartest cookie or the most diligently thorough thief either.

JPNola said:
Again, your suggestion that a person is significantly more likely to be shot while trying to recover stolen goods in Atlanta than they are in any number of U.S. cities is silly. The rate of incidence of anyone being shot while attempting to recover stolen personal items is statistically infinitesimal. One has more chance of getting a C300 to be well-balanced and comfortable rig.
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Hahaha!
 
To update this topic, thanks to Ben_Ericson finding the Ebay listing, I reported that to the police. The police subpoenaed Ebay, which took a good month or two before Ebay would release information. Once Ebay eventually did release the information, the police had a home address to pursue, went there, where a mother and son lived. They asked to search the house without a warrant, were let inside, found video equipment there in the son's room, had me show up to the outside of the house which was about a mile from my house to identify the equipment, and then returned it to me later at the police station after inventorying it. I recovered about one third of the equipment; mostly odds and ends and the three cameras stolen and more expensive items were still missing.

One of the police officers on site who I spoke to said the house was rancid, and that he met a cockroach while in the house and the cockroach complained about the living conditions there. The son at the house was one of the suspects, so I believe he was arrested, or something to that effect, but he was a 16 year old minor, so I don't think they quite arrested him.

A few months later I was subpoenaed to attend his hearing, I showed up, but ended up not having to testify as he did a plea bargain. I believe he got off pretty easily with probation and community services since it was a first offence and he was a minor; he also had to testify against his accomplices. When I recovered my equipment at the police station, I also recovered a couple of my BBs guns that the thieves had stolen, which the police had apprehended at a different time when they found the kids shooting up cars with the guns; the kids had said the guns were theirs, so the police didn't know they were stolen at the time, but had confiscated them nonetheless. I believe the owner of the car did not press charges so the kids didn't get in any real trouble from that.

I was actually kind of annoyed by the subpoena as I had been booked to shoot a job in Memphis that day, but was legally required to be in Atlanta to potentially testify, so I had to back out of my paid job. But things ended up working out better, as I happened to book a better paying job in Atlanta that same day which didn't start until later in the day, so I could both go to court and do the job.

The other suspect in the burglary had a Georgia warrant out for their arrest, but they had since moved to Maryland, and Maryland would not enforce the warrant, which basically meant, they would not be actively pursued in Maryland, but if say they got pulled over for speeding, then the warrant would show up and they'd be arrested. The office on site said that the guy would likely be back in GA before long despite the GA warrant.

I hate doing paperwork as insurance wanted all of the receipts, etc., for each individual item that was stolen, so I procrastinated on that, but after around six months I eventually got everything squared away with insurance and received a nice $26,400 check for the stolen items that were not recovered.

Then a year later, a couple days ago, the district attorney called to inform me that the second person in the robbery, the one who had moved to Maryland, had returned to GA and been arrested, and now is currently in prison with a $20,000 bail set awaiting a hearing. 18 or 19 year old, so being tried as an adult.

I asked the D.A. when I was on the phone if the C300 Mark II that had been sold on Ebay could be recovered, and her basic answer was no. They had subpoenaed Ebay to get the information of the thieves, so I assume they have the information of the buyer as well, but apparently they are not pursuing getting the equipment returned.

Right after the burglary I had a five day job in Nashville, so I wasn't really home directly after it, but I knew before returning home I wanted to buy some guns as I didn't feel safe at home anymore. The thieves had a week before the burglary stolen items delivered from Amazon to my front door, about $500 of video equipment, and the Amazon box had my name and company name listed on it. So, I was concerned that if they saw my website's equipment list on my website, they may come back for seconds, but when I was home. Thus, I wanted to buy guns before returning home with my equipment. Unfortunately I still had a Florida driver's license, so purchasing a gun on my way home from Nashville ended up not working out.

So, I got home, not feeling safe, and about an hour after I got home, as I was in my garage, I heard voices outside on my property. I got scared, thinking they were coming back, so I got in my car, opened the garage, and darted down the driveway. As I did so, I ran over something in the driveway, and looking in my rear-view mirror, saw there was a fire in my drive way. I get out onto the street, call the police, they arrive, we go to examine the fire, and find that they had taken an American flag off of the front of my house and burned it in my driveway. I don't know if it was the same as the thieves and they were trying to lure me outside, or just random vandals (who could have also been the thieves, but without deadly intent). I would lean towards the latter, but I wasn't taking any chances.

So, eventually I got a pistol and an AR-15 assault rifle, along with a home security system and security cameras, and now I feel generally safe at home, for the most part. Well, whenever I hear a noise or my security cameras detect motion late at night my gun is in hand and always make sure they're nearby me in the house, such as when I shower. So, things aren't quite the same, but it's not so bad.
 
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Eric Coughlin said:
To update this topic, thanks to Ben_Ericson finding the Ebay listing, I reported that to the police. The police subpoenaed Ebay, which took a good month or two before Ebay would release information. Once Ebay eventually did release the information, the police had a home address to pursue, went there, where a mother and son lived. They asked to search the house without a warrant, were let inside, found video equipment there in the son's room, had me show up to the outside of the house which was about a mile from my house to identify the equipment, and then returned it to me later at the police station after inventorying it. I recovered about one third of the equipment; mostly odds and ends and the three cameras stolen and more expensive items were still missing.

One of the police officers on site who I spoke to said the house was rancid, and that he met a cockroach while in the house and the cockroach complained about the living conditions there. The son at the house was one of the suspects, so I believe he was arrested, or something to that effect, but he was a 16 year old minor, so I don't think they quite arrested him.

A few months later I was subpoenaed to attend his hearing, I showed up, but ended up not having to testify as he did a plea bargain. I believe he got off pretty easily with probation and community services since it was a first offence and he was a minor; he also had to testify against his accomplices. When I recovered my equipment at the police station, I also recovered a couple of my BBs guns that the thieves had stolen, which the police had apprehended at a different time when they found the kids shooting up cars with the guns; the kids had said the guns were theirs, so the police didn't know they were stolen at the time, but had confiscated them nonetheless. I believe the owner of the car did not press charges so the kids didn't get in any real trouble from that.

I was actually kind of annoyed by the subpoena as I had been booked to shoot a job in Memphis that day, but was legally required to be in Atlanta to potentially testify, so I had to back out of my paid job. But things ended up working out better, as I happened to book a better paying job in Atlanta that same day which didn't start until later in the day, so I could both go to court and do the job.

The other suspect in the burglary had a Georgia warrant out for their arrest, but they had since moved to Maryland, and Maryland would not enforce the warrant, which basically meant, they would not be actively pursued in Maryland, but if say they got pulled over for speeding, then the warrant would show up and they'd be arrested. The office on site said that the guy would likely be back in GA before long despite the GA warrant.

I hate doing paperwork as insurance wanted all of the receipts, etc., for each individual item that was stolen, so I procrastinated on that, but after around six months I eventually got everything squared away with insurance and received a nice $26,400 check for the stolen items that were not recovered.

Then a year later, a couple days ago, the district attorney called to inform me that the second person in the robbery, the one who had moved to Maryland, had returned to GA and been arrested, and now is currently in prison with a $20,000 bail set awaiting a hearing. 18 or 19 year old, so being tried as an adult.

I asked the D.A. when I was on the phone if the C300 Mark II that had been sold on Ebay could be recovered, and her basic answer was no. They had subpoenaed Ebay to get the information of the thieves, so I assume they have the information of the buyer as well, but apparently they are not pursuing getting the equipment returned.

Right after the burglary I had a five day job in Nashville, so I wasn't really home directly after it, but I knew before returning home I wanted to buy some guns as I didn't feel safe at home anymore. The thieves had a week before the burglary stolen items delivered from Amazon to my front door, about $500 of video equipment, and the Amazon box had my name and company name listed on it. So, I was concerned that if they saw my website's equipment list on my website, they may come back for seconds, but when I was home. Thus, I wanted to buy guns before returning home with my equipment. Unfortunately I still had a Florida driver's license, so purchasing a gun on my way home from Nashville ended up not working out.

So, I got home, not feeling safe, and about an hour after I got home, as I was in my garage, I heard voices outside on my property. I got scared, thinking they were coming back, so I got in my car, opened the garage, and darted down the driveway. As I did so, I ran over something in the driveway, and looking in my rear-view mirror, saw there was a fire in my drive way. I get out onto the street, call the police, they arrive, we go to examine the fire, and find that they had taken an American flag off of the front of my house and burned it in my driveway. I don't know if it was the same as the thieves and they were trying to lure me outside, or just random vandals (who could have also been the thieves, but without deadly intent). I would lean towards the latter, but I wasn't taking any chances.

So, eventually I got a pistol and an AR-15 assault rifle, along with a home security system and security cameras, and now I feel generally safe at home, for the most part. Well, whenever I hear a noise or my security cameras detect motion late at night my gun is in hand and always make sure they're nearby me in the house, such as when I shower. So, things aren't quite the same, but it's not so bad.
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Jeez, not a good commercial for living in Atlanta! To be fair, this can happen anywhere though. A good friend just bought a
house in a pretty nice area of Pasadena, came home at 2:00 AM exhausted from a shoot, took both of his Sony F5s and lenses
into the house, went to sleep. Wasn't going to totally unload his van at 2:00 AM but at least he was smart enough to bring in the
cameras. Woke up a few hours later and thieves had smashed the rear windows of his van (the windows were blacked out)
and stole all of his grip, lighting, monitors, audio gear, etc. about $30k worth. The thieves must have cased him because the van
is very plain, non-descript, nothing was visible so they knew that he had gear in there, probably by watching him.

This is Pasadena too, not exactly a hot bed of criminal activity. He's worried now that they may have cased him as he was loading and unloading
gear from his house, which is really old, with easy to break into 1920s style windows. So same concerns about once insurance repays him and he
replaces all of the stolen gear, they may hit him again, this time at home. It really sucks that we in the business have to be constantly worried
that someone is going to rob us, but it happens and seems like it is beginning to happen more.

I'm an NRA certified rifle, shotgun and reloading instructor as well as a Range Safety Officer.
I think it's a great thing that you are exercising your civil right to protect yourself but I highly encourage you
to invest some time and effort into safety and tactical self-defense training and practice. Guns are an excellent force equalizer but can
be deadly to you and to your future as a free citizen if you aren't competent at knowing when and how to to legally stop a threat.
 
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I play airsoft regularly if that counts as training. I took the guns to the range a few times, have friends with gun experience who have taken me to the range before that, and have watched various videos and read articles online about guns. No formal training, but I don't feel like an idiot with guns. I'd wanted to buy guns for a while but never had a need to justify the expense until this happened.

Georgia is a Castle Doctrine state, so the laws are in favor of the property owner regarding dealing with home intruders.


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Eric, that really sucks that this happened to you. If you haven't already, please seek the proper training for your newly purchased guns, and also please do the research and make the investment to ensure that your new guns are fully secure and cannot be stolen from your home. You stated that when the teenagers broke into your home and stole your camera gear, they also stole your BB guns. Then they used those guns to shoot up cars. And who knows what additional crimes they may have perpetrated with your guns? Please, for the sake of everyone, do whatever you can to keep your new pistol and AR-15 out of the hands of the next kid who decides to break into your house. Thanks.
 
Eric Coughlin said:
So, eventually I got a pistol and an AR-15 assault rifle, along with a home security system and security cameras, and now I feel generally safe at home, for the most part. Well, whenever I hear a noise or my security cameras detect motion late at night my gun is in hand and always make sure they're nearby me in the house, such as when I shower. So, things aren't quite the same, but it's not so bad.
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So what happened to installing (close proximity) motion sensors and flood lights? And maybe a sirene?
Every time I see a video of a home invasion it was shot in night vision mode.
Those folks aren't Ocean's Eleven mastermind heisters weaselling through air ducts.
They are brute force, fast in-and-out, let's not think about it for too long.
Before lighting them up with bullets, I'd light up my porch and if suddenly being "in the spotlight" won't deter them,
the second tier sensors will kick off an alarm and make their endeavours known to anyone around.
Then they will start thinking.
This will maybe happen two or three times and you will maybe spend a few bottles of red for appeasing the neighbours,
but after this your home won't count as an "easy target" anymore.
Seriously: I could never ever feel save in a home that is easily breachable while staying unnoticed.
The chances of a bad outcome increase after someone entered your home and might surprise you in your sleep.
Packing before taking a shower, seriously?
Also, for your neighbours I hope you have stonewalls, when using your AR15 indoors...
Last: From experience let me tell you playing Airsoft gives you false confidence. Even MilSim or limited BB/Mags games.
The only truly save way to clear a room in Airsoft is with a grenade, otherwise you or one of your team (or more) will take a hit.
That hit in reality means crippling, death or at least uncertainty of health.
Disclaimer: I used Airsoft for IPSC training at home for about a year, it might have helped with muscle memory (for drawing and general handling),
but you really need to emphasise your grip to not mess up your "real gun grip", because even Co2 doesn't kick like a 10mm:)

Anyhow: I wish you all the best in managing your fears after what you experienced.
 
Eric Coughlin said:
So, eventually I got a pistol and an AR-15 assault rifle, along with a home security system and security cameras, and now I feel generally safe at home, for the most part. Well, whenever I hear a noise or my security cameras detect motion late at night my gun is in hand and always make sure they're nearby me in the house, such as when I shower. So, things aren't quite the same, but it's not so bad.
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With your posting history, I can't believe people are actually falling for this post.
 
Tom Roper said:
No one legitimately needs this much. Two Amira should be enough.
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How do you do a 60 minutes style two person interview with two cameras? I find three matching cameras to be a good number as three cameras is classic TV style shooting, one tight on each of two people talking, one master two-shot. For single person interviews, ideally I like one medium or wide front-on shot, one medium-tight front on, and one off-axis tight.

This one guy I know has three Arris, three Reds, four C300 Mark IIs, and at least one C200.

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I believe the Masterclass series are mostly shot with three Amiras.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFk7dqVnBayNPbrMtIwtaSw

 
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You’re right. Guns are never a joking matter.





Any opinions on guns are not welcome on this forum as per the forum rules; I was just sharing my experience of video equipment being burglarized and the steps I’ve taken to make myself feel safe in my own home again.
 
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I take pride in what I've worked hard for. It's not like my mom bought me my cameras.

But really the cameras holding guns is obviously a joke, originally inspired by Run&Gun's skepticism of me buying guns, such that I figured a photo of the cameras with the guns would prove otherwise since people sometimes have difficulty distinguishing between my jokes and serious posts. Two of the rifles in the photo are airsoft guns. I've already posted photos of my camera collection before which is more extensive than the above photo, so the point as said was moreso to show that I wasn't joking about buying guns, but then I decided to pose them in a joking way, because, well, I like jokes. There's also a pun caption in there which goes, "My cameras shoot well."

And anyone who wishes to criticize such purchases should get their house burglarized and have reason to believe thieves could come back while you're home, as they did come back when I was home, and then get back to me with that criticism.
 
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