Storage space is cheap, and it's pretty cool that this guy has realised that and has taken the time and effort to make an entertaining (at least the first time) plea.<p>In the days of chemical film cameras I always made sure the first shot was of a card with my name and a contact address. I recovered three films that way which had been delivered or given to the wrong people by the people developing the film. For the cost of one photo per film, it was definitely worth it.<p>I need to go do this again, although if I lost the camera, I doubt I'd get it back. If a reward is offered, returning someone's photos is clearly a win for the person who has them, whereas the camera might be of greater value than the (reward plus warm fuzzies minus effort).<p>Then again, maybe not. I'm off to take a photo ...
If the search engines could do an image search based on camera serial number then you could locate some stolen cameras that way. Just search for any images uploaded from that camera since it was stolen, and then you could have some evidence to use in tracking it down. EXIF data can include serial number but apparently it's not very standardized right now.
it was great idea. i wanted to know who have this beautiful camera. and i know it. i promiss to keep ur camera very well and take pretty photo. dont worry buddy