Ever have your camera stolen?

This Site Can Tell You If Anyone Else Has Taken Pictures With Your Camera

If your camera has gone missing, check out this website. It's worth a shot. Losing both a piece of expensive gear and the priceless digital moments of your special day. This website provides a chance of seeing your precious camera again. It’s a tiny sliver of hope to be sure, but it’s better than no hope at all.

Here is how it works: You upload a picture taken with the missing camera to stolencamerafinder.com, which then uses the camera’s serial number (saved in the photo’s EXIF data) to crawls the internet in search of other photos taken with that same camera. If it finds a match, you may have a lead on where your camera ended up.

After that, you can attempt to try and track down the “new owner” via email to request your camera’s return, file a report with the authorities, or devote your life to hunting the thief yourself, John Wick style… who knows maybe you had precious dog photos on your camera.

None of these options is likely to result in the return of your Canon, but it has worked in the past, and maybe it will help you find closure. Maybe just knowing what happened to your lost baby (we do all love our cameras) is the best you can hope for? The site also provides a database of lost cameras all over the world, so you’ll at least know you’re not alone.