Stolen Gear

[laguun]

If you did have a RED stolen, report your camera PIN to RED and e-Bay and the camera rental companies. Every time the RED-ONE camera boots up the PIN is present on the rear LCD and in the displays, and the PIN is also recorded in every frame of video.

very good! its remarkable that you guys even integrate those small, but very helpful details even under the amount of pressure r&d at red has.

and to the thread starter: my condolence. i hope that the insurance will compensate you correctly.

 

[Andrew Madu]

I am well aware of the law and the fact that assholes who steal or cheat usually do not get their get their proper comeuppance. I have dealt with many and they come in all flavors... even in the form of insurance companies.

Hi Andrew,
I was actually referring to the law of karma and not that of man, which, as we know, at times is mesmerizing in its stupidity. Think of karma in terms of accounts, the books *must* always balance.

All is lovely over in London, a bit cold but all good none the less.

Many thanks.

 

[Kevin Lang]

Update!

Update!

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View attachment 4106Here is some stills of the security feed of the red necks stealing my trailer! The police still have no clue and could care less about finding it. My insurance company is covering everything, thank God! It has taken long enough though, got my Reds last week and had no tripod to speak to put them on till today! That was very frustrating, but things are coming together. I am going on a major shopping spree at NAB with my Insurance check in hand! Thinking about getting two HDX900's to replace the Varicam, anyone have any thoughts on those cameras?

 

[Ketch Rossi]

I'm happy for you, that at the end you didn't came out at a total lost.

Ciao

 

[NateWeaver]

Actually, thank god nobody had a brain fart and left the days tapes in the trailer.

I think you should buy my XDCAM HD instead of HDX-900s

In addition, maybe it was best the Varicam was stolen. I would imagine it was insured for more than you can get for it on the open market...Varicams are taking a beating I've noticed.

 

[wshultz]

Which Oconnor is that?

 

[Kevin Lang]

Actually, thank god nobody had a brain fart and left the days tapes in the trailer.

I think you should buy my XDCAM HD instead of HDX-900s

In addition, maybe it was best the Varicam was stolen. I would imagine it was insured for more than you can get for it on the open market...Varicams are taking a beating I've noticed.

Actually we did have the tapes in there, but the client had the dubs we made.

I don't know about that xdcam stuff!

 

[Kevin Lang]

Which Oconnor is that?

That is the badass 2575!!

 

[fightordie]

Abu Reno, I first of all like to thank you for your support in my posts.

I have been a very bad boy most of my life, i was a professional fighter (an Ass) for over 12 years, and fought in several countries in Asia, Europe and the America's, I have had just about every bone broken, and lost several molars, a broken nose Etc. but I have also done serious damage to many, I have always had guns, and been in situation were I could have taken a life, one time was during the LA fires in early 90, pulling the trigger and prepare your self to take an other human life it is not easy, and I thank God for not letting me take that man's life on that day, He was trying top steal my car, a car covered by insurance, something that you can get back with money, a man's life can never be replaced by any amount of money.





KLang, I'm glad you agree with me, and believe in the preciousness of life.

At times I go back in time and think what could I have done differently to desarm my attacker, but the truth is if I had taken his gun away, especially after He had already shot me, I would have killed him no doubt, so I thank God that I'm alive, and I thank God that I didn't tuck his gun away, otherwise He now would have been dead, and I for the rest of my life have the weight of a man's life on my conscience.

Ciao

A real pleasure to read Ketch. Thankyou

 

[Michael Schrengohst]

I saw a news report today that guys are ripping off catalytic convertors.
Just sawing them right off and selling the metal. Thats the real story.
If scum didn't buy all the ripped stuff then there would not be a market for it.
Trailers are not secure unless you can park them in a garage.
I am doing a video for a video surveilance company. His business is going through the roof.
It's all IP video now recording on DVR. He has set-ups where you can get
cameras set-up and monitor them over the internet. Motion detection tied in with burglar and fire alarms -
good stuff. He can even set-up the system so that it rings your PDA if a motion detector goes off
and you can see the feed on your wireless PDA....

 

[Brian Ferguson]

"Next one is going to have Lojack"

Lojack is very low tech.. the signal range is limited and it is NOT nationwide - tends to be in major city's ...police car that has lojack receiver unit in it must be within X feet ...

All good points but if you are in a major city like anywhere in Southern California... LoJack could be a good tool.

There is an additional LoJack add-on service called Early Warning. It is a motion detector that if your vehicle leaves without a key fob "electronic key" it calls your cell phone, text SMS, email whatever method you want to be alerted that your vehicle was moved without your knowledge. It is pretty effective and it gives you a chance to alert law enforcement to turn on your LoJack search as your vehicle is moved before you would normally know it is gone. Just my 2 cents.

I was with a production in Baja for the offroad race and within an hour of being there a whole HVX system was stolen right under our noses. Robbery sucks but I agree that a property crime is not worth personal injury.

Good insurance is well worth the money. I have a small edit bay that was burgled last September. I couldn't believe how fast the insurance company acted to make sure I had the funds to replace my gear. More than made up for the previous years premiums. Your RED investment is not trivial so make sure you protect it.

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