Stolen equipment - beware in europe

[Martin Ludwig]

european rental companies should take attention. There were several break-ins in the last time. Those guys have stolen cameras in Hamburg in our office, they were at Arri in Cologne and also at Cinecam in Paris. I think the total value of all stolen equipment is nearly 2 Mio EUR now. We know that these guys also have visited several rental houses in Germany - so please take care.
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[Nick Gardner]

Are these the guys that stole all the lenses in France? They hit Panavision, got something like 6 sets of speeds, and six sets of standards, as well as a ton of other crap.

Nick

[Martin Ludwig]

Are these the guys that stole all the lenses in France? They hit Panavision, got something like 6 sets of speeds, and six sets of standards, as well as a ton of other crap.

Nick

Yes these guys probably hit Panavision and Arri, they tried at Cinegate - but weren´t succesful. We saw them in our offices in Cologne and Hamburg.

[Bérenger Brillante]

yes, that's the guys. They stole camera too. I've heard that only at Panavision Cinecam, it was a 1.5 millions € thief.
I hate thieves.

I print this right now and forward to my fellow in the rental business.

[Alberto Caprioglio]

Fucking bastards, they should be simply hanged as thieves deserve. Don't tell me they are stealing items worth millions just for food.

[Tony Lorentzen]

Just heard of someone in Denmark who lost 6 Master Primes and wireless and regular follow focus to some scammers with false identities who never returned the gear. Beware everyone. At least make sure you make copied of all identification papers and take photos of any renter you don't know and trust. It's sad it has to be this way.

[Sidney L. Plaut]

yeah two men and a female, they told me, ran off with set of master prime and wireless FF and ff3

[sbaechler]

They hit Swizerland as well. Rented equipment from three different rental houses and never returnded it. Some HD cameras and lenses, a full set of S4s and a Red camera.

[Sanjin Jukic]

I'm a small kiosk rental and postproduction service that had a lot of problems with renting my gear in Vienna, also around here in middle Europe and Balkans.

Now I stopped because there is no any serious security even if you go with it as a DIT.

My renting service is soon over after I upgrade web page.

[Ben Holmes]

There is a 'inbetween' solution to this Sanjin - just rent to people and businesses you know personally. I would never rent edit equipment to people I didn't know or have extensive references on. This is how hire used to work. Now with so much competition, people have forgotten or feel they can't afford to be sensible.

[MichaelHalsell]

There is a 'inbetween' solution to this Sanjin - just rent to people and businesses you know personally. I would never rent edit equipment to people I didn't know or have extensive references on. This is how hire used to work. Now with so much competition, people have forgotten or feel they can't afford to be sensible.

Suggestion seems reasonable and practical.

[MichaelHalsell]

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Now I stopped because there is no any serious security even if you go with it as a DIT.



Sanjin are you saying that even accompanying equipment as a DIT, there is a likely circumstance that you would or could be jumped on location?

[Ghandi El-Chamaa]

Sanjin are you saying that even accompanying equipment as a DIT, there is a likely circumstance that you would or could be jumped on location?

I've heard it's happened a few times here in London - Not always with the Red, but more often because it's such a recognisable and well used camera - once at knife point.

[Sven Seynaeve]

There were 2 break ins in Belgian OB companies, which lost about 35 HD cameras in 2 nights.

People were even working over there while it was happening.

[Sanjin Jukic]

I've heard it's happened a few times here in London - Not always with the Red, but more often because it's such a recognisable and well used camera - once at knife point.


Sanjin are you saying that even accompanying equipment as a DIT, there is a likely circumstance that you would or could be jumped on location?


I stopped rentals for many reasons and only doing a special projects...because I'm a small kiosk and mostly all the equipment is for my art projects...sorry...

[Jeremy Torrie]

What's the word in Belgrade? We're supposed to shoot there next month.

[Manuel Wenger]

The Red stolen in Switzerland was rented with a valid looking ID, Business Cards and even a Homepage of the Production existed. Turned out it was all set up. The Company lost PDW-900 Camera along with the Red.

[Tom.Wong]

Luckily the benefits of being a bigger rental house is all the insurance they have, they should be able to recoup, the loss of business until they get new equipment is gonna be miserable though. For the home owner and renter, I've seen tons of people send their stuff out with no contract, no insurance. Isn't Epic supposed to have a GPS function for VFX work? Maybe one day RED HEADQUARTERS could turn it on remotely if it's stolen and find the culprits...

[Manuel Wenger]

Unfortunately , there was another event in Switzerland.
If you stumble across any of this equipment, please get in touch with
José Garcia - j.garcia (at) schweizervideo.ch

Sony HXR-NX5E S/N: 210521

Sony HXR-FMU128 S/N: 210027

Panasonic AG-3DA1 Stereo (Twin-Lens) 3D Kamera S/N: HOTFA0076

Panasonic AG-HPX371E P2 HD S/N: EOTEA0019

Sony DVW-700WSP .S/N: 42081

Sony HDW-750P S/N: 40017

HVR-Z5E

HVR-Z7E 1/3" CMOS XMOR-Chip S/N 211665

Sony HXR-MC1P Full-HD Mini Kamera S/N: 210311

Sony PDW-700 XDCAM HD . S/N: 60790

Sony PMW-320K S/N: 0100021

CANON XF305 Camcorder S/N 263049900017

Sony PMW-EX1R S/N: 401555

PMW-EX3 3-CMOS S/N 404101

Fuji A22x7.8B-DERD-S

Fuji HA13x4.5BERD-S48 S/N 157448

Canon XH-A1 S/N: 8947200110278

Canon EOS 7D Digital-Kameragehäuse, S/N: 0680500987

Canon XL-H1s 3-CCD S/N 834629900015

Canon XF300 S/N 4458B001

Sony PDW-F350L S/N 11213

Miller Compass15 Fluid Kopf mit 2-Stufen
Solo DV Alluminium System,

SONY HDVF-20A B/W S/N 100753

SONY BVF-20WCE//K S/N 41111

6 x APPLE MacBook Pro, 15-inch, 2.66GHz Intel Core
Intel Core i7, 500GB Serial ATA-Laufwerk
W894502664B, W89451AV64B,
W89451AY64B, W89451B064B,
W89451B264B, W89451B364B

ContourHD Actioncamera

The cameras where stolen from the demo room, during the night from from 6th to 7th of Oct. in near Zuerich.

thanks
Manuel

[TUNAFILM]

26.01.2011. from our rental company was stolen RED ONE No1958 SET, RED ONE No4990 SET and ULTRA PRIMES LENCES SET!


Fraudsters contact us from company All Together Films London, and they needed equipment for shoot some documentary film in American Embassy in Zagreb. We always rent our equipment with technician but they represented us the problem for our technician can’t get the pass for American Embassy in next 14days, so we rented the equipment without technician.

The fraudsters took airplane flight from Zagreb to London Gatwick 26.01.2011. 08:15, this info we got from Zagreb Police.

The fraudsters use the name of company All Together Films : http://www.alltogetherfilms.com/ and Alltogether Limited.

Their names:

MICHEAL NITSCHKE,
GEOFFREY MICHAEL ARTHUR NORRIS
DARREN OLIVER RAYMOND CHARLES DAFOE

Please if you have any info about this equipment contact us:

Davor Tunukovic
General Manager

Tel: +385 1 6184 731
GSM: +385 98 228 591
E: davor@tuna-film.hr / info@tuna-film.hr /
W: www.tuna-film.hr (http://www.tuna-film.hr/)

TUNA FILM – E d.o.o.
Ulica grada Vukovara 269
10 000 ZAGREB
CROATIA / EUROPE

THANK YOU!!!


STOLEN FILM EQUIPEMENT
RED ONE CAMERA SET & ULTRA PRIMES LENCES SET

RED CAMERA CASE 1

- RED ONE sn.1958
- Top mount x2, universal mount, top handle 19mm rods 30cm x2, 19mm rods 45cm, ET ARRI 19mm base plate, RED arm for 5,6’ RED LCD, ET SDI break out box.
- RED cradle with Bebob ML 120 hot swap adapter
- RED EVF
- RED 5,6’ LCD
- ET EVF holder
- Mini xlr to XLR audio cable
- EVF cable
- LCD cable
- HDD cable x2
- Side handle x2
- Bondhus 3/16 and 7/32 tool

- RED raid 320 GB x2 with power supply

- RED battery x5
- RED charger
- Elpac power supply for RED

RED CAMERA CASE 2

- RED ONE sn.4990
- Top mount x2, universal mount, top handle 19mm rods 30cm x2, 19mm rods 45cm, ET ARRI 19mm base plate, RED arm for 5,6’ RED LCD, ET SDI break out box.
- RED cradle with Bebob ML 120 hot swap adapter
- RED EVF
- RED 5,6’ LCD
- ET EVF holder
- Mini xlr to XLR audio cable
- EVF cable
- LCD cable
- HDD cable x2
- Side handle x2
- Bondhus 3/16 and 7/32 tool
- Time Code cable

- RED raid 320 GB x2 with power supply
- Mac Book Pro, power supply

- RED battery x5
- Bebob charger

ULTRA PRIMES Case 1

-16mm No:8871219
-20mm No:8888993
-24mm No:8889092
-32mm No:8889085


ULTRA PRIMES Case 2

-40mm No:8878315
-50mm No:8889480
-65mm No:8878175
-85mm No:8878263
-100mm No:8877972
-135mm No:8870884

adepter rings for MB-16, MB- 14

[TUNAFILM]

We also have a passport photo one of the frauds. But I can't post it here...

[ericyoung]

26.01.2011. from our rental company was stolen RED ONE No1958 SET, RED ONE No4990 SET and ULTRA PRIMES LENCES SET!


Fraudsters contact us from company All Together Films London...
The fraudsters use the name of company All Together Films : http://www.alltogetherfilms.com/ and Alltogether Limited.

Their names:

MICHEAL NITSCHKE,
GEOFFREY MICHAEL ARTHUR NORRIS
DARREN OLIVER RAYMOND CHARLES DAFOE

...

Interesting - that website now has a warning that someone calling himself Andy Walters has been using their name to steal gear - it looks like the fraudsters may have just falsely used Alltogether's name and website to front their fraud??

That's a bit worrying if fraudsters start using legit businesses to perpetrate their crime!

[Sven Seynaeve]

1 thing is for sure;..


with all my future production I've decised I will hire weaponed security..
get's to dangereous everywhere these days....
People commiting crimes aren't punished the way they should when they get caught, so what's the risk for them??? almost nothing it seems

[Alberto Caprioglio]

We also have a passport photo one of the frauds. But I can't post it here...

double fuck!!! Let's put some shame on those pieces of shit, a fucking huge WANTED poster in ALL the industry's websites, and a hope to get the son of a bitch.

[MARK SVEN OLSEN]

I've asked my friend Hermann Verschuur to get this on his website's "Stolen Cine Equipment" page

http://www.cameramarket.eu/Stolen%20cine%20equipment.htm

[Stephen Williams]

Sony DVW-700WSP .S/N: 42081

The cameras where stolen from the demo room, during the night from from 6th to 7th of Oct. in near Zuerich.

thanks
Manuel


I find it incredible that such an old camera would still be in a rental companies inventory.
I was the first person to use that camera a very long time ago!

[MARK SVEN OLSEN]

I find it incredible that such an old camera would still be in a rental companies inventory.
I was the first person to use that camera a very long time ago!

You would be amazed when browsing my inventory, we got some vintage gear in prestine condition:

- DXC-M7 stand alone camera
- BVU-150 VTR for M7
- BVP-3 Plumbicon 3 tube camera docked to BVV-1 Betacam VTR, 1st broadcast video camcorder ever
- BVW-D600 (1st digital processing Betacam SP camcorder)
- BVU-920 (dynamic track' U-Matic SP player)
- Ike HL-55 docked to Sony BVV-5 Beta Sp 4 channel audio VTR
- BVS-3100 composite video switcher
- GVG 100C component video switcher
- ADO 100 - low cost GVG DVE from early 90's

All of them have manuals, boxes and are in mint condition. My personal museum!

[Travis MacRitchie]

Sounds like a serious epidemic hitting our colleagues in Europe. And I thought I had it bad losing two Canon DSLR's to fraudsters last month out here in California.

[Manuel Wenger]

Hi Stephen,

Gemany is moving slow towards HDTV, Digibeta is still a widely accepted delivery format for Television :(

I think the last time i touched a Digibeta Camera was in 2004 or 2005.

Manuel