Robin Hood Cameras stolen from Pinewood

[ericyoung]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/1/20090803/ten-robin-hood-cameras-stolen-from-studi-c60bd6d.html

This whole professional theft of camera gear seems to be escalating - or is it just better reporting. Would love it if just some of these thieves got caught and properly punished!

[Kwan Khan]

Oh...No ....

[Jag Sandhu]

Maybe they just stole from the rich to give to the poor!

[Frank Weeks]

Sorry to hear this Eric. Let's hope they catch the bums.

Quick question. Don't Red cameras record the camera's identity in metadata or have I misunderstood the way things work?

[Noah Kadner]

I hear a small indie film without major studio funding recently received some cameras and lenses from a dashing, anonymous donor. Sheriff's deputies are still searching the forest for the miscreants.

Noah

[ericyoung]

Sorry to hear this Eric. Let's hope they catch the bums.

Quick question. Don't Red cameras record the camera's identity in metadata or have I misunderstood the way things work?

Frank, just relaying a news item I found. I'm not connected with the production, and not sure if they were film or digital cameras.

[Imran Farouk]

I've got a friend whose doing Robin Hood right now, I believe its film cameras, maybe wrong, haven't bothered to ask her but she didn't seem to pick up on this news weirdly enough O.o

I think the metadata does record some of the camera's identity, there was some talk of a specific code or something thats within the camera that relates to that body and that body only, not sure if I heard right either...

[StephenMurphy]

Its Film, Super 35mm using Arricams from Panavision UK

[Andrew Walker]

The only way these things keep happening on a studio lot is because security is in on it. Also this is the reason I never leave my camera alone in a stage. I don't care how well guarded it is. Unless I'm right there with the camera, there's a chance of it getting stolen.

[Liam Hall]

The only way these things keep happening on a studio lot is because security is in on it.

I remember a BBC engineer who 'took home' a small piece of kit every day until he had enough pieces of kit to assemble his own online editing and duplication facility at home. Made quite a bundle before he was caught.


Also this is the reason I never leave my camera alone in a stage. I don't care how well guarded it is. Unless I'm right there with the camera, there's a chance of it getting stolen.

What do you do when you need to pee?

[Andrew Walker]

I remember a BBC engineer who 'took home' a small piece of kit every day until he had enough pieces of kit to assemble his own online editing and duplication facility at home. Made quite a bundle before he was caught.

What do you do when you need to pee?

I'm talking about over night or during lunch. When the cameras being used I'm not worried.

[Stefan Christou]

Use it as coolant?