How I Lost My Camera Bag and All My Gear in Italy
For ten harrowing minutes, I lost everything in Italy. My beloved backpack of gear was gone.
Photographer Cries Tears of Joy After Being Reunited With Lost Camera Bag
A photographer was filmed bursting into tears of joy after learning that his lost camera bag, with over $21,850 worth of gear and memory cards full of images, had been found.
Stunning ‘Lost’ Bird Species is Photographed For First Time Ever
Scientists have captured the first-ever photograph of a tropical bird species long thought to be lost.
Lost Film Rolls of the Fall of the Soviet Union Developed 26 Years Later
Australian photographer Dean Sewell spent 15 months in Russia after the breakup of the former USSR. When Russia invaded Ukraine, he was suddenly reminded that he still had more than two dozen undeveloped B&W film rolls from 1996 to 1997.
I Found NASA Astronaut Gene Cernan’s Missing Moon Camera… on Earth
It’s often repeated how most of the cameras that landed on the moon stayed on the moon. Astronaut Gene Cernan had been telling the story of how he left his camera on the lunar rover for years, recounting the tale in interviews.
Man Finds Pile of Portraits in Closed Photo Studio, Now Looking for Owners
An architect in Missouri was on the job at a shuttered photo studio recently when he stumbled across a trove of canvases containing family portraits. He's now on a mission to return those previous pictures to the people seen posing in them.
Fuji Lens Rained on and ‘Baked’ in the Wilderness for 4 Months, Still Works
Credit where credit is due: Fujifilm knows how to weather seal a lens. At least, that's photographer Steve Boykin's experience. Boykin lost his Fujinon 23mm f/2R WR lens back in June, so imagine his surprise when he found it in perfect working order 4 months later.
Diver Finds GoPro Containing Man’s Last Moments, Gives Family Closure
A treasure-hunting diver recently came upon a lost GoPro camera at the bottom of a waterfall. It turns out it was lost two years ago by a man who drowned there, and the SD card is now providing the victim's family with closure.
I Found All of My Stolen Camera Gear in the Nearest Pawn Shop
Do you ever wake up in the morning and just know that there’s something amiss? On Saturday, June 22nd, I woke up with a knot in my stomach as I realized I had left my camera outside in my truck. I wasn’t positive I’d locked the doors.
Photographer Finds Owner of Camera That Fell 1,500ft in Zion 3 Years Ago
New Zealand photographer Luke Riding was hiking around the base of Angels Landing in Zion National Park when he stumbled upon a smashed-up Fujifilm camera that had clearly fallen from atop the 1,488-foot-tall rock formation. The memory card was intact and Riding found a number of photos on it.
Photos Found on USB Stick Found in Frozen Seal Poo
There have been plenty of stories of photos being found on lost cameras over the years, but here's a wild lost-and-found story you definitely haven't heard before. A USB drive has been reunited with its owner after it was found in a frozen slab of seal poo.
I Set Up a Sting Operation and Caught the Thief Who Stole My Camera
Like many professional photographers, my main camera is a bit of a beast. A Fuji X-T2, usually with a big lens, and always with a battery grip on it. It’s a bit big to go traveling with, and although it’s not as big as my Nikon D600 and grip that I used to use, it still warrants the travel/side-arm camera I bought in the D600 days.
How a Lost $3,500 Leica Lens Traveled the World to Get Home
Earlier this year, photographer Arthur Galvao was reunited with a camera lens that he had lost. That probably happens all the time, but get this: the lens was lost in a desert and traveled around the world before finding its way back to Galvao two years later.
Photographer Finds His Stolen Camera Lens on eBay — It Sells for $65,100
Photographer Daniel Zvereff lost his precious custom-modified Canon 50mm f/0.95 "dream lens" last month, and this week he came across that very lens for sale through an eBay auction. He then watched as the auction ended yesterday with a ridiculous winning bid of $65,100.
This Camera Was Lost at Sea for 2 Years — Its Photos Just Led to Its Owner
An amazing story of one camera's incredible journey has emerged over in Asia. The Canon camera was lost at sea for over two years before it was recently discovered, and the owner has just been found thanks to the photos within.
The Story of Sean Flynn’s Leica M2
This is a story about a camera, a rather special camera. Every camera has a history, so they say. But it is not all that often that one has such a rich and documented history. One that was thought to be lost but has been found again. This is the story of Sean Flynn’s Leica M2.
Guy Surprised with DSLR He Dropped Into a Waterfall in Iceland
Photographer Ryan Wright has a new heartwarming story of how he was reunited with his DSLR camera after he lost it in Iceland by dropping it into a waterfall.
The Mysterious Case of the Returning Leica
In November 2016, I was in a transitional part of my life (I still am) and was considering selling my Leica M2 and switching to a digital Ricoh GR. I listed the camera on several Facebook camera trading groups and the Australian/UK Craigslist alternative, Gumtree. Long story short, I was scammed while trying to sell it.
Video: The Moment a Photographer Gets Her Stolen Camera Gear Back
A professional photographer in Germany was overwhelmed with emotion this week after she was reunited with her stolen camera case filled with expensive DSLR equipment. The happy moment was caught on camera.
Vietnam Veteran Gets His Camera Back 50 Years After it Was Stolen
Getting a camera back in good condition after it's been stolen always makes for a "feel-good" story, but this particular tale goes above and beyond. Vietnam veteran Leon Hembree was reunited with his Canon 8mm camera a full 50 years after it was swiped from his bag in Vietnam.
I Found My Photo Portfolio That Went Missing for 30 Years
This is a story about my photography portfolio that went missing for 30 years. I made this collection of photographs while working as a photographer at the Goldstream Gazette, a weekly newspaper on Vancouver Island from 1976 to 1978.
SmugMug is Helping Save 200 Million Photos Lost when Picturelife Died
When photo storage site Picturelife shut down, users were left high and dry without a way to access and/or download the images they had stored there. This didn't sit well with SmugMug, who reached out to Picturelife and, today, is helping reunite those photographers with their lost images.
Fisherman Catches Nikon DSLR Lost by Photojournalist Who Was Attacked
A woman was fishing at Hesperia Lake in Southern California on Wednesday when she reeled in a professional Nikon DSLR. After a search, she eventually discovered that it belonged to a photojournalist who was attacked while covering a story.
The Mystery of an Abandoned Bag of Kodachrome Slides in NYC
Here’s a fascinating piece of journalism published today by the New York Times.
Finding Lost Portraits from Deadliest Catch, or: The Importance of Extra Backups
There will always be photo shoots that test your creativity, and sometimes there are campaigns that seem to just give you incredible images. Deadliest Catch is definitely a campaign that lends its hand to stunning visuals… at the cost of your comfort.
Lost Weather Balloon GoPro Found 2 Years Later with Grand Canyon ‘Money Shot’
Back in 2013, five friends in Arizona decided to capture some photos and video from the edge of space by sending a GoPro up on a weather balloon. The camera made it to 98,000 feet, but the guys lost track of it after it landed out of cell phone tower range. All seemed lost, and the team spent months wondering if they'd ever find the camera.
Fast forward to a couple of months ago: the team got a phone call from a woman who found a strange box with their names on it. In it was the camera and all of the original images.
Camera Drone Found in Lake with Footage of Owner and Crash Into Water
Anne-Marie Valentine was on a camping trip at Folsom Lake in California last month when she spotted what appeared to be a dead seagull at the bottom of the dry lake bed. When she got closer, she realized that it was a camera drone that someone had crashed into the lake before the drought had sucked away water. What's more, footage in the video camera was still intact, and it showed the drone's unfortunate final flight.
This DSLR Spent 2 Years in a Lake… and the Memory Card Survived
The photos on the memory card in a DSLR can survive more than what you might think. This past weekend, a man named David McFadyen was exploring Laguna Lake in San Luis Obispo, California, when he found a Canon Rebel T1i DSLR camera on the dry lake bed.
It turns out the camera had been lost two years ago, and the photographs inside managed to survive all that time at the bottom of a lake.
Photographer Recovers $15K in Stolen Gear Thanks to EXIF Copyright Info
If your camera lets you automatically add copyright EXIF metadata to every photo you take, you should do it: it could help you recover your gear if it ever gets stolen. That's exactly what happened to photographer Jon Grundy: after losing $15,000 in gear, Grundy was able to identify the thief and recover his stolen equipment after seeing his name in the copyright info of online photos.
Man Has DSLR Stolen by Flight Attendant, Then Finds it on eBay and Gets It Back
A former Ryanair flight attendant has pleaded guilty to stealing items that passengers left behind on airplanes. He was busted after a man accidentally left his DSLR behind and then later found the same camera for sale on eBay.