Another Gear Rental Shop Broken Into: The LensPal Burgled in Florida
We seem to be hearing more and more stories of camera gear offices being broken into and plundered. Late last year it was $2 million in gear from three businesses in California. Last month it was $586,000 from LensProToGo. Now the latest is the Florida-based gear rental shop, The LensPal.
After taking inventory of what was lost, The LensPal posted a list of stolen gear and the serial numbers online:
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM 2400005547
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM 2400005562
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM 256103
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM 442645
Canon EF 14mm f/2.8 II USM 55771688
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM 4346169
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM 5457890
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 4308183
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 2163881
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM II 9200007059
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM II 620006139
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM II 620006133
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM II 620006622
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM II 1905001532
Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM 1701214
Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM 4419502
Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM 65018
Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 189648
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM 351110
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM 348921
Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L USM Fisheye 8200001710
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM 226889
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM 243634
Canon EF-S 10-22 f/3.5-4.5 USM 56500985
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS 5602008920
Canon EOS 5D Mark III 162028002528
Canon EOS 5D Mark III 21072024008310
Nikon AF-S 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR DX 23031144
Nikon AF-S 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF 23031144
Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II 20001049
Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II 20383899
Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED-IF VR 2498126
Nikon AF-S 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR 226646
Nikon D7100 2504026
Nikon MB-D12 Multi Power Battery Pack 2016281
Nikon MB-D12 Multi Power Battery Pack 2016430
Nikon PC-E 85mm f/2.8D ED 202799
“It’s amazing what people can fit into 2 bags. #marypoppins,” the company writes. “The cops are putting all the serial numbers into the national database for pawn shops.”
If you live in Florida and suddenly notice a large number of relatively cheap cameras or lenses being sold through site’s like Craigslist, you might want to see if any of these serial numbers turn up — you could help bring some camera gear burglars to justice.
