I'm wondering how many have their precious equipment(camera bodies and lenses customized by engraving) nd what are general thoughts about this procedure?
I also write my name on the inside of the baseplate, or inside some other easily removable external part, just in case I have to prove ownership at some time or other.Engraving cameras with your name or social security number doesn't prevent somebody stealing them and it seriously affects the resale or part exchange value, your best insurance is to keep a record of the camera serial number and the original purchase receipt as proof of ownership.
Engraving cameras with your name or social security number doesn't prevent somebody stealing them and it seriously affects the resale or part exchange value, your best insurance is to keep a record of the camera serial number and the original purchase receipt as proof of ownership.
I hope keeping a list with the items and their serial numbers at home will take care of that.I also write my name on the inside of the baseplate, or inside some other easily removable external part, just in case I have to prove ownership at some time or other.
I have a used Lunasix 3 meter where the former owner wrote some exposure "hints" inside the case.
Somehow though, I don't think Ralph needs to engrave cheat sheets on his cameras.
The only reason I could see for doing it would be if you had multiples and needed a quick way to tell them apart. Sort of like how some people knotch their film holders.
I have all of my Nikon gear, lenses and bodies engraved with my automobile licence number. Do them with a store bought engraver that I picked up around 45 years ago, still works.
In 1978 I had a break in at my house. It was a double brick wall house with steel bars on every window, very much like a penitentiary . I arrived home around 2330h one evening to find the window pulled out of the wall, half of the wall missing (bedroom) and virtually everything in the house gone, except for two items. My bed, which I had fabricated from scrap timber and the colour television, which didn't work too well. Even took my china and cutlery. They used their own furniture removals van, would you believe. My neighbours, two sisters, one 82 years old the other 85, thought I was doing a midnight runner, didn't suspect a thing.
Life went on and around 2 years later one of my camera bodies turned up in a stash of about 1,000 cameras. Having my licence number engraved on it enabled the authorities to trace me down and ask if in fact this was one of the stolen camera bodies I had reported stolen. It was and the perpetrators were taken to court; I was a witness. A lot of time and effort went into this action from the various authorities and members of the public like myself. The persons involved made the newspapers as their combined (approximated) steeling spree, had amassed goods to the value of around half a million dollars. Funnily enough they had rented a house that they used to stash their stolen stuff; only entering and leaving in darkness. It was this toeing and froeing in darkness that raised the suspicion of a newly moved in neighbour. They called the police thinking that someone was stealing stuff from the house; great way to get caught.
Apparently one room was filled almost completely with stolen, but empty wallets, almost to the ceiling. Another with cameras; SLR's as they couldn't be moved easily, whereas 135 film compacts were almost instantly moved on as they were something that moved without questions being asked in pubs and clubs.
They got a suspended sentence and a fine of something like $2,000 and walked out of the court room with huge smiles. I couldn't repeat here what the police prosecution officer said, but it was a rather succinct phrase which pretty much summed up what everyone there thought.
Mick.
I have all of my Nikon gear, lenses and bodies engraved with my automobile licence number. Do them with a store bought engraver that I picked up around 45 years ago, still works.
In 1978 I had a break in at my house. It was a double brick wall house with steel bars on every window, very much like a penitentiary . I arrived home around 2330h one evening to find the window pulled out of the wall, half of the wall missing (bedroom) and virtually everything in the house gone, except for two items. My bed, which I had fabricated from scrap timber and the colour television, which didn't work too well. Even took my china and cutlery. They used their own furniture removals van, would you believe. My neighbours, two sisters, one 82 years old the other 85, thought I was doing a midnight runner, didn't suspect a thing.
Life went on and around 2 years later one of my camera bodies turned up in a stash of about 1,000 cameras. Having my licence number engraved on it enabled the authorities to trace me down and ask if in fact this was one of the stolen camera bodies I had reported stolen. It was and the perpetrators were taken to court; I was a witness. A lot of time and effort went into this action from the various authorities and members of the public like myself. The persons involved made the newspapers as their combined (approximated) steeling spree, had amassed goods to the value of around half a million dollars. Funnily enough they had rented a house that they used to stash their stolen stuff; only entering and leaving in darkness. It was this toeing and froeing in darkness that raised the suspicion of a newly moved in neighbour. They called the police thinking that someone was stealing stuff from the house; great way to get caught.
Apparently one room was filled almost completely with stolen, but empty wallets, almost to the ceiling. Another with cameras; SLR's as they couldn't be moved easily, whereas 135 film compacts were almost instantly moved on as they were something that moved without questions being asked in pubs and clubs.
They got a suspended sentence and a fine of something like $2,000 and walked out of the court room with huge smiles. I couldn't repeat here what the police prosecution officer said, but it was a rather succinct phrase which pretty much summed up what everyone there thought.
Mick.
You can keep your licence plate when you change your car. I know dealerships push you to get a new plate with a new car, but you do not have to.
claudio
That depends on in which state the car is registered. Not all states allow that. California only allows personalized license plate to be transferred.
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