A really tough break. It makes you feel truly violated. I've been
burglarized twice in my life and been fairly fortunate that they didn't
get away with too much of value. Probably because they're not too smart.
In the last burgarly I discovered that the guy had tried very hard to
jimmy the lock on the shipping trunk that holds my 8" Celestron
telescope. He had found my small set of jeweler's screwdrivers and
broke one of them off in the lock while trying to open it. In fact, the
lock wasn't even locked. And even so, the key was hanging on a little
piece of string tied directly to the carrying handle under the lock.
All in plain view. Pretty dumb.
I hope you've got the serial number of that 40/2. That's pretty rare
and shouldn't be hard to spot if someone tries to fence it or sell it on
ebay. You should be sure to tell the police about the rarity of that
piece. Also, I'm sure the serial number is known on the Odyssey camera
even if you don't know the serial numbers on all your other equipment.
Good luck,
Chuck Norcutt
Christos Stavrou wrote:
> I'm really sorry for the news but I've just realised that I have been
> burglared.
> Police was here and has just gone with no much help. They'll send someone
> for fingerprints tomorrow.
>
> I've lost an OM-4, an OM-1, an OM-40, with mounted lenses such as the 40/2
> among others. And I'm really sorry to say that I've also lost stuff of the
> society that I run, and the Odyssey camera too with a 24/2.8 which I had on
> it at the moment. It seems to have been a quick visit-job through the window
> or an inside job from someone I know or someone just visiting the house (I
> share my place and was away recently) and this latter thought drives me even
> more crazy. Certainly a quick job though, since they left other of my stuff
> and seemed to empty the obvious top cupboard drawer.
>
> I have no insurance, and for my finances it will take years to replace those
> missing stuff, especially since all those only came as rare bargains and
> through searching for months, after I got the obvious om-zuiko-addiction.
>
> I just think life sucks. I feel very violated and I'm sorry fot the Odyssey
> camera. I'll pay for it.
> I feel terrible, just an idiot. Among all the obvious reasons, for keeping
> that 40/2 unused and only for rare cases...
>
> Christos
>
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