Q3 Anti Theft Ideas?

[LarsOtium]

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5 hours ago, wlaidlaw said:

I used to underwrite schemes in South Africa, providing the first year's insurance on new BMW and Mercedes cars. Now this was a time when car hijacking was endemic in South Africa and we had a number of claims from hijacking. A representative of a South African car security company approached us with a view of having their system installed in all new cars. This involved having a pancake tank of propane in the boot, which sat inside the spare tyre and if you thought you were in danger of being hijacked, you pressed a large red button on the dashboard. This then sprayed and ignited the propane from burners sitting underneath the car doors and cooked the hijackers. We declined their kind offer as we could foresee the situation of an elderly granny stumbling against the car while it was stopped in a traffic jam and having a premature cremation. 

Wilson

Not to mention blowing up the occupants with their own gas tank…

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[sdk]

Theft of Leicas must be an European phenomenon. In the one time I have had camera gear stolen, a thief broke into our apartment in Boston. They went for size not quality in stealing cameras, making off with my Pentax 645n, a Nikon F4S, and the lenses on these cameras plus a Pentax 645 300mm/4 ED FA lens, and ignored a Leica M7 and several Leica lenses. I usually have my Leica M11 with me in Maine, and every once in a while, in a grocery store or on a hike in Acadia National Park or Baxter State Park, someone recognizes it as something special. Usually they assume it's an old film camera, and are surprised when I tell them it's digital. This happens maybe 4 times a year. So Europeans visiting America on holiday should not worry much about their Leicas being stolen here.

Edited January 13, 2024 by sdk

[wlaidlaw]

The only Leica I had stolen was my Digilux 1 at my daughter's 21st party in Edinburgh. It was insured and to be blunt, I was not too sorry to see the back of it. The images were inferior to my previous Fuji built Leica Digilux 4.3. I then bought a Digilux 2 which was pretty good. Sadly it died with a sensor failure after 11 months and the repair was completely unsatisfactory. My dealer, the excellent Stuart Bean, ex Leica UK service manager, of H.A.Baker in Lewes, raised a stink with Leica UK, arguing with them for a long period and finally 5 months later a new Digilux 2 arrived. In the meantime I had bought one of the excellent Sony R1 cameras with its first class 24-120 Zeiss Lens and 10MP sensor, far more sensitive than the Digilux 2, so I sold it as a new camera. 

Wilson

[Herr Barnack]

I have come up with a countermeasure that I think will be effective in combating camera theft - see my post #6 in this thread: 

https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/390213-camera-anti-theft/

 

Edited March 2, 2024 by Herr Barnack

[David Wien]

13 minutes ago, Herr Barnack said:

I have come up with a countermeasure that I think will be effective in combating camera theft - see my post #6 in this thread: 

https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/390213-camera-anti-theft/

 

I consider your proposal apalling. Apart from the danger of such a bomb being detonated by the owner, two wrongs do not make a right.

David

[Herr Barnack]

10 minutes ago, David Wien said:

I consider your proposal apalling. Apart from the danger of such a bomb being detonated by the owner, two wrongs do not make a right.

David

@David Wien, My proposal was intended for entertainment purposes only - hence the smiley face at the end.  

Decorum dictates that in supposedly "civilized" cultures, we cannot go around blowing up thieves with reckless abandon - but thieves can go around robbing decent, honest people with reckless abandon. 

Edited March 2, 2024 by Herr Barnack

[David Wien]

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1 hour ago, Herr Barnack said:

@David Wien, My proposal was intended for entertainment purposes only - hence the smiley face at the end.  

Decorum dictates that in supposedly "civilized" cultures, we cannot go around blowing up thieves with reckless abandon - but thieves can go around robbing decent, honest people with reckless abandon. 

I accept your assertion, but jokes of this kind are not in good taste.

David

[Herr Barnack]

3 minutes ago, David Wien said:

I accept your assertion, but jokes of this kind are not in good taste.

David

Thank you.  Sometimes my sense of humor isn't exactly a good fit for everyone.

With regard to good taste - Leica cameras and lenses aside, that is something I have seldom been accused of.  😎

[coleica]

Company called He3 is in the process of developing a base/handgrip for the Q3.  It allows for the placement of an Apple AirTag inside the hand grip.  I have no association with the company other than I have placed an order for one.  Here is the link for a web site describing it:

 

https://photopxl.com/the-helium-design-lab-he3-camera-grip/

[SLamb]

There are half cases available now that allow placement of an airtag in the base, such as those from Oberwerth. 

[Guest]

I connect my camera to a 2m length of high tensile cable. The other end is attached to my wife's ankle with a high quality padlock.

If someone steals the camera then they have to take my wife too. God help them!

[Qwertynm]

4 hours ago, coleica said:

Company called He3 is in the process of developing a base/handgrip for the Q3.  It allows for the placement of an Apple AirTag inside the hand grip.

480$ for a handgrip is a bit of a statement. Sure it's a high cost low quantity item but still a bit much for me... And besides, having an AirTag in the camera grip is neat but it doesn't mean you get your camera back if you get robbed. I have an insurance that covers theft - either out of our home, from the car or if I carry the item on the street. That to me is the much better "theft protection" than an AirTag.

[jaapv]

6 hours ago, Quarterpounder said:

One approach might be to blend into the environment. If you walk around Times Square, the Champs-Élysées, or Piccadilly wearing khaki shorts and white sneakers, a multi-pocket vest, a Leica-branded baseball cap, and two Leicas slung across your chest with Leica-red camera straps (beard, Ray-Ban sunglasses, and man-bun optional), while performing all the stereotypical "photographer moves," you're basically "asking for it."

However, I've heard it's entirely possible to take photos of the Eiffel Tower—shots no one has ever captured before—using a small, unobtrusive camera while wearing long trousers and not making an "artistic" spectacle of yourself.

 

6 hours ago, Quarterpounder said:

One approach might be to blend into the environment. If you walk around Times Square, the Champs-Élysées, or Piccadilly wearing khaki shorts and white sneakers, a multi-pocket vest, a Leica-branded baseball cap, and two Leicas slung across your chest with Leica-red camera straps (beard, Ray-Ban sunglasses, and man-bun optional), while performing all the stereotypical "photographer moves," you're basically "asking for it."

However, I've heard it's entirely possible to take photos of the Eiffel Tower—shots no one has ever captured before—using a small, unobtrusive camera while wearing long trousers and not making an "artistic" spectacle of yourself.

If you are taking photos of the Eiffel Tower at night you might get arrested, though...

https://www.travelandleisure.com/photography/illegal-to-take-eiffel-tower-photos-at-night

[wlaidlaw]

45 minutes ago, jaapv said:

 

If you are taking photos of the Eiffel Tower at night you might get arrested, though...

https://www.travelandleisure.com/photography/illegal-to-take-eiffel-tower-photos-at-night

Having read the article, I think the implications are that displaying a photo you have taken of the Eiffel Tower at night could contravene copyright laws but just the taking of a photo for private use would be perfectly OK. It would come under "reasonable use" legislation. 

Wilson

[jaapv]

So no selfies on Instagram…😇

[David Wien]

36 minutes ago, jaapv said:

So no selfies on Instagram…😇

The article quotes the posted regulations, that only require one to get permission and possibly pay a fee for the professional use of photos taken at night, because there is a copyright lightshow then.

David

[LocalHero1953]

8 hours ago, jaapv said:

 

If you are taking photos of the Eiffel Tower at night you might get arrested, though...

https://www.travelandleisure.com/photography/illegal-to-take-eiffel-tower-photos-at-night

After seeing this post I did a google search on the subject. Just about every bottom-feeding media outlet has posted a near-identical article at some time with a near identical headline.

I.e. someone has written a misleading article, hawked it round the news agencies and every said b-f media outlet has run with it under their own name when they needed some clickbait to fill up the gaps in the other clickbait.

Now, 'Photographer sues France for blocking his ancient lights with steel contraption' - that would be a story worth reading. Maybe I should write it.

Edited September 5, 2024 by LocalHero1953

[jaapv]

Astonished make a tongue in cheek remark and everybody gets exited… 😮

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[Einst_Stein]

I don’t get it! How does this anti- Eiffel Tower night photos helps to anti thief?

 

[jaapv]

Your camera won’t get stolen whilst you are under arrest…