M9P and Lenses Stolen, Sydney Australia

[Dr.Kildare]

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All,

 

I lost my beloved M9P and lenses, stolen from my home in Sydney on 24/10/12. The items were:

 

Leica M9P black body with Thumbs Up atttached and black leather Artist and Artisan strap

Leica 35mm Summilux FLE lens

Leica 75mm Summilux lens

Leica 16 to 21mm WATE wide angle Tri-Elmar lens

Voigtlander 12mm Super Heliar lens

Ricoh GV-1 WA finder

Courierware black camera bag and Zing lens pouches

 

Any information much appreciated to caamaa<at>gmail.com

 

I have the serial numbers and will be passing the information onto Leica

and yes, everything was insured.

 

Thanks, Chris

Edited October 26, 2012 by jaapv
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[erl]

That's really bad news. Glad you are insured.

May be worth alerting dealers and Camera Clinic in Melbourne who are the authorized repairers in Oz. If service is everrequired on the gear, they may pick it up.

[La Morte]

I feel for you.

I was thinking of how to booby-trap cameras as to blow-up or something when they gets stolen! It is a human sickness, this thing of taking things that do not belong to you!

As I was held-up at gun-point and my kit was taken, I am just being hate-full and don't really want to blow thief's up.

Good luck with the insurance. Mine only paid-out one third of total.

 

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[MarkP]

Awful news Chris. Hopefully you're fully insured but of course it wil be the wait for new lenses that will be frustrating. Where do you live in Sydney?

 

Also, watch out on Gumtree across Australia.

A lot of very suspicious sales there.

 

Regards,

Mark

[enboe]

I am sorry to hear about your loss. I don't know if it is within the guidelines of the forum, but perhaps our collective eyes can help you locate replacement items. For example, I was at Colonial Photo in Orlando last Saturday and noted they have two new 35/1.4/FLE lenses in stock.

 

I hope the insurance and reacquisition processes go swiftly and without complication for you.

 

Eric

[gravastar]

Awful news Chris. Hopefully you're fully insured but of course it wil be the wait for new lenses that will be frustrating. Where do you live in Sydney?

 

Also, watch out on Gumtree across Australia.

A lot of very suspicious sales there.

 

Regards,

Mark

If those Gumtree items were genuine it would be worth taking the 2 x 22 hour flights from the UK .

 

I hope you (Chris) get some resolution to your tragic loss.

 

Bob.

[Dr.Kildare]

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Awful news Chris. Hopefully you're fully insured but of course it wil be the wait for new lenses that will be frustrating. Where do you live in Sydney?

 

Also, watch out on Gumtree across Australia.

A lot of very suspicious sales there.

 

Regards,

Mark

 

Mark, thanks for the tip on Gumtree. I have my eyes open.

 

I live in the inner west. I have already met with the insurance assessor so that is all under control.

 

Chris