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http://www.stolencamerafinder.com/
Apparently your camera's serial number is embedded in the metadata of each picture taken.
So, you upload a known picture taken from your stolen camera and the site scrubs the web to find any pictures online that have the same serial number embedded.
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The 'Canon Canon PowerShot G3' does not write serial information in the exif. See the supported cameras page for a list of models that do.
my luck
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Sony Alpha DSLRs do not either, except for the a100 apparently.
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Oh well. I guess it's not so useful after all (unless your camera is on their list).
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even if it worked... are you gonna grab every pic on the internet to see if it was taken by your stolen camera?
I guess this could be extremely useful if you had an idea of who the thief was... and where they post their pictures.
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the camera I searched for would be 11 years old
it is likely in a landfill ( or recycled into any dozen of made in china and india unnecessary plastic items )
would have been fun to find a history of sorts where it has been since it was taken from the front seat of my truck
despite still having the battery charger I really don't want the camera back, although the powershot g3 was a wonderful camera in its day
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I've sold multiple point and shoot cameras on CL over the years. I still have photos taken with those cameras. It would be fun to upload one of the pics to their database, have them figure out the serial number and see what turns up online!
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I swear that I read this as "stolencamelfinder.com"
now, that would be a more appropriate thread.
