Found professional Canon camera at Belgrade Airport: Help returning to owner?

[Simicaca]

Hello,

I found professional Canon camera equipment at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport and I am trying to help return it to the owner.

The owner can identify the equipment using serial numbers, RAW files, photos, or purchase records.

If there is any way to share this information with the Canon community or relevant support channels, I would appreciate it.

Best regards

[March411]

It's nit mine but I think it very nice of you to try and find the owner. Kudos to you!

[stevet1]

Simicaca,

Here is contact information for the airport itself in case someone calls the airport asking about a lost camera:

https://beg.aero/eng/corporate/contacts

You could call the airport and tell them you found one.

Steve Thomas

[LeeP]

Logically if you found this camera at the airport, you would turn it in to airport officials because the person who lost it would ask the airport if someone had found it. My spidey sense tells me this is not a credible post. Notice that the camera model--which is clearly on the front of the camera--is not mentioned. Notice that there is no photo of the purported "find".

[March411]

I believe that the person posting purposely left that information out.

Hence them asking that the person describe the gear in order to claim it validating the equipment is rightfully owned by them......  Makes sense to me. 

[SamanthaW]

Hi there!

Thanks for joining the Canon Community!

This sort of thing should be reported to security officials where the item was found. You can also give our support team a call on Monday to report the serial number to them. 1-800-OK-CANON (1-800-652-2666).

[jrhoffman75]

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@Simicaca wrote:

Hello,

I found professional Canon camera equipment at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport and I am trying to help return it to the owner.

The owner can identify the equipment using serial numbers, RAW files, photos, or purchase records.

If there is any way to share this information with the Canon community or relevant support channels, I would appreciate it.

Best regards

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This is a great gesture on your part, but as a general rule the airports want you to notify security and not pick up seemingly "abandoned" items. You never know if someone deliberately plated a dangerous item.

[LeeP]

I'll stick with finding it illogical and suspicious.

I operate, sometimes maddeningly so, on common sense.

If I would have found the camera I would have gone to security and turned the camera over to them. Sure, I may have then come here and said "on this date and time I found a professional Canon camera at East Cupcake International Airport and I left it with airport security." 

Taking it with me would make zero sense. The owner likely would have discovered their camera missing at the airport and would have gone to security. Security would then have the person's name and a description of the equipment. If I turn it in, the airport can contact them. If I take it with me and hop on my flight, the camera could be halfway around the world.

As for keeping it and not sharing the model and details, that in no way would have complicated things. The owner likely registered it with Canon--a professional definitely would have--and with that registration comes the serial number. Thus I could for example post the picture of the R1 I found, but the person would still have to come up with the serial number.

But here's the thing: there will be unscrupulous people wanting to get the camera and all someone has to do is to say "Hey, give me your cell and we can text." Once someone has your cell number, a world of information opens up for them. There's a lot of info someone can get for free and if they pay for a service (very inexpensive) the service will delve deeper. 

Assuming that the poster is not dishonest, I am saying that dishonest people could contact this poster and cause them a world of hurt.

I would urge caution on top of caution.

[Tintype_18]

Turn it in to security. My wife will not pick up money as it can be deliberately contaminated with fentanyl.

Vietnam troops were known to pick up things that went Boom! One lost three fingers to a cigarette lighter that had an explosive in it.

[LeeP]

^^THIS^^