Found - Digital Camera

Chris Shearer Cooper

Well, you learn something new every day.

The lady at Casio said that it's illegal for them to store the warranty
registration information that you send in. So they type it into their
computers, it gets sent over to Japan for some unknown reason, and then 5
days later they delete all those records.

Go figure!

Reminds me of when I worked for a government facility for a while ... we
filled out all forms in triplicate, and I was told the reason was "one for
me, one for the central office, and one we shred so the Russians don't get
it." Yes, that was a few years ago (grin).

Chris

"Steve L Ferris" <am559@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
news:fgn6qb$8rh$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
> "Chris Shearer Cooper" (chrisnews@sc3.net) writes:
>> No worries!
>>
>> The guy I spoke to ad Adventure Biking said his best guess is that the
>> guys
>> stopped by the Adventure Bike HQ on the Saturday they left, found the
>> place
>> closed, took a picture, and kept going. So there's no record there of
>> anybody setting off on this adventure.
>>
>> They're going to put a notice in their Nov/Dec newsletter, and I've sent
>> a
>> letter to the editor of the newspaper in Missoula.
>>
>> Chris
>
>
> Just wondering... if you sent the serial and model number to the camera
> company,, they could check its warranty registation and contact the owner?
>
>
>
> steve

Chris Shearer Cooper

Well, you learn something new every day.

The lady at Casio said that it's illegal for them to store the warranty
registration information that you send in. So they type it into their
computers, it gets sent over to Japan for some unknown reason, and then 5
days later they delete all those records.

Go figure!

Reminds me of when I worked for a government facility for a while ... we
filled out all forms in triplicate, and I was told the reason was "one for
me, one for the central office, and one we shred so the Russians don't get
it." Yes, that was a few years ago (grin).

Chris

"Steve L Ferris" <am559@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
news:fgn6qb$8rh$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
> "Chris Shearer Cooper" (chrisnews@sc3.net) writes:
>> No worries!
>>
>> The guy I spoke to ad Adventure Biking said his best guess is that the
>> guys
>> stopped by the Adventure Bike HQ on the Saturday they left, found the
>> place
>> closed, took a picture, and kept going. So there's no record there of
>> anybody setting off on this adventure.
>>
>> They're going to put a notice in their Nov/Dec newsletter, and I've sent
>> a
>> letter to the editor of the newspaper in Missoula.
>>
>> Chris
>
>
> Just wondering... if you sent the serial and model number to the camera
> company,, they could check its warranty registation and contact the owner?
>
>
>
> steve

Chris Shearer Cooper

Either that, or Santa taking a well-deserved vacation.

"Tim McNamara" <timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote in message
news:472f304c$0$50278$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net...
> Chris Shearer Cooper wrote:
>> I found a digital camera by the side of the road near Estes Park, CO, and
>> would be glad to return it to its owner if I can find him!
>>
>> The pictures in the camera start in Missoula, Montana on 8/25/07, and
>> show a group of 6 men camping and cycling through down through Montana,
>> Idaho, Wyoming (including Yellowstone), pulling into Estes Park on 9/11.
>> One of the early pictures showed the front of the Adventure Cycling in
>> Missoula (I've contacted them already).
>>
>> I uploaded one of the pictures that shows all the guys here ...
>> http://www.sc3.net/bike.jpg
>>
>> Anybody recognize them?
>
> Try contacting www.zztop.com. One of those guys appears to be Billy
> Gibbons.

Chris Shearer Cooper

Either that, or Santa taking a well-deserved vacation.

"Tim McNamara" <timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote in message
news:472f304c$0$50278$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net...
> Chris Shearer Cooper wrote:
>> I found a digital camera by the side of the road near Estes Park, CO, and
>> would be glad to return it to its owner if I can find him!
>>
>> The pictures in the camera start in Missoula, Montana on 8/25/07, and
>> show a group of 6 men camping and cycling through down through Montana,
>> Idaho, Wyoming (including Yellowstone), pulling into Estes Park on 9/11.
>> One of the early pictures showed the front of the Adventure Cycling in
>> Missoula (I've contacted them already).
>>
>> I uploaded one of the pictures that shows all the guys here ...
>> http://www.sc3.net/bike.jpg
>>
>> Anybody recognize them?
>
> Try contacting www.zztop.com. One of those guys appears to be Billy
> Gibbons.

Gary Mishler

"Chris Shearer Cooper" <chrisnews@sc3.net> wrote in message
news:13istr66hcp6i1f@corp.supernews.com...
>I found a digital camera by the side of the road near Estes Park, CO, and
>would be glad to return it to its owner if I can find him!
>
> The pictures in the camera start in Missoula, Montana on 8/25/07, and show
> a group of 6 men camping and cycling through down through Montana, Idaho,
> Wyoming (including Yellowstone), pulling into Estes Park on 9/11. One of
> the early pictures showed the front of the Adventure Cycling in Missoula
> (I've contacted them already).
>
> I uploaded one of the pictures that shows all the guys here ...
> http://www.sc3.net/bike.jpg
>
> Anybody recognize them?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris

This is really a reach, but the one guy with the beard appears to resemble
Sheldon Brown, a prominent contributor on these forums. However, Sheldon is
in poor health the last I heard so I don't know if that would be him or
not???

You might try to Google his website for contact info and see.

Like I said it is a stretch, but you never know .....

Gary Mishler

"Chris Shearer Cooper" <chrisnews@sc3.net> wrote in message
news:13istr66hcp6i1f@corp.supernews.com...
>I found a digital camera by the side of the road near Estes Park, CO, and
>would be glad to return it to its owner if I can find him!
>
> The pictures in the camera start in Missoula, Montana on 8/25/07, and show
> a group of 6 men camping and cycling through down through Montana, Idaho,
> Wyoming (including Yellowstone), pulling into Estes Park on 9/11. One of
> the early pictures showed the front of the Adventure Cycling in Missoula
> (I've contacted them already).
>
> I uploaded one of the pictures that shows all the guys here ...
> http://www.sc3.net/bike.jpg
>
> Anybody recognize them?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris

This is really a reach, but the one guy with the beard appears to resemble
Sheldon Brown, a prominent contributor on these forums. However, Sheldon is
in poor health the last I heard so I don't know if that would be him or
not???

You might try to Google his website for contact info and see.

Like I said it is a stretch, but you never know .....

John Everett

On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 18:54:36 -0700, "Chris Shearer Cooper"
<chrisnews@sc3.net> wrote:

>I found a digital camera by the side of the road near Estes Park, CO, and
>would be glad to return it to its owner if I can find him!
>
>The pictures in the camera start in Missoula, Montana on 8/25/07, and show a
>group of 6 men camping and cycling through down through Montana, Idaho,
>Wyoming (including Yellowstone), pulling into Estes Park on 9/11. One of the
>early pictures showed the front of the Adventure Cycling in Missoula (I've
>contacted them already).
>
>I uploaded one of the pictures that shows all the guys here ...
>http://www.sc3.net/bike.jpg
>
>Anybody recognize them?

No, but I recognize the fish. The picture was taken along the River
Walk in Missoula.

Funny thing, I was in Missoula on 8/25/07, but don't remember seeing
these guys.

John Everett - Aurora, Illinois

--
jeverett3<AT>sbcglobal<DOT>net (John V. Everett)

John Everett

On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 18:54:36 -0700, "Chris Shearer Cooper"
<chrisnews@sc3.net> wrote:

>I found a digital camera by the side of the road near Estes Park, CO, and
>would be glad to return it to its owner if I can find him!
>
>The pictures in the camera start in Missoula, Montana on 8/25/07, and show a
>group of 6 men camping and cycling through down through Montana, Idaho,
>Wyoming (including Yellowstone), pulling into Estes Park on 9/11. One of the
>early pictures showed the front of the Adventure Cycling in Missoula (I've
>contacted them already).
>
>I uploaded one of the pictures that shows all the guys here ...
>http://www.sc3.net/bike.jpg
>
>Anybody recognize them?

No, but I recognize the fish. The picture was taken along the River
Walk in Missoula.

Funny thing, I was in Missoula on 8/25/07, but don't remember seeing
these guys.

John Everett - Aurora, Illinois

--
jeverett3<AT>sbcglobal<DOT>net (John V. Everett)

William Asher

John Everett wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 18:54:36 -0700, "Chris Shearer Cooper"
> <chrisnews@sc3.net> wrote:
>
>>I found a digital camera by the side of the road near Estes Park, CO,
>>and would be glad to return it to its owner if I can find him!
>>
>>The pictures in the camera start in Missoula, Montana on 8/25/07, and
>>show a group of 6 men camping and cycling through down through
>>Montana, Idaho, Wyoming (including Yellowstone), pulling into Estes
>>Park on 9/11. One of the early pictures showed the front of the
>>Adventure Cycling in Missoula (I've contacted them already).
>>
>>I uploaded one of the pictures that shows all the guys here ...
>>http://www.sc3.net/bike.jpg
>>
>>Anybody recognize them?
>
> No, but I recognize the fish. The picture was taken along the River
> Walk in Missoula.
>
> Funny thing, I was in Missoula on 8/25/07, but don't remember seeing
> these guys.

Maybe one of them is you. I know it's painful sometimes, but have you
checked in the mirror to see if you resemble one of them?

--
Bill Asher

William Asher

John Everett wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 18:54:36 -0700, "Chris Shearer Cooper"
> <chrisnews@sc3.net> wrote:
>
>>I found a digital camera by the side of the road near Estes Park, CO,
>>and would be glad to return it to its owner if I can find him!
>>
>>The pictures in the camera start in Missoula, Montana on 8/25/07, and
>>show a group of 6 men camping and cycling through down through
>>Montana, Idaho, Wyoming (including Yellowstone), pulling into Estes
>>Park on 9/11. One of the early pictures showed the front of the
>>Adventure Cycling in Missoula (I've contacted them already).
>>
>>I uploaded one of the pictures that shows all the guys here ...
>>http://www.sc3.net/bike.jpg
>>
>>Anybody recognize them?
>
> No, but I recognize the fish. The picture was taken along the River
> Walk in Missoula.
>
> Funny thing, I was in Missoula on 8/25/07, but don't remember seeing
> these guys.

Maybe one of them is you. I know it's painful sometimes, but have you
checked in the mirror to see if you resemble one of them?

--
Bill Asher

Dave Rusin

In article <13istr66hcp6i1f@corp.supernews.com>,
Chris Shearer Cooper <chrisnews@sc3.net> wrote:
>I found a digital camera by the side of the road near Estes Park, CO, and
>would be glad to return it to its owner if I can find him!

The camera's memory is a storage device with a file-and-directory structure
that can probably be read by your computer. Plug it in and see if the
owners left any kind of files there with identifying information.
(I did -- a file called "OWNER" at the root directory of my camera
chips, and likewise on my flash drives. You nver know: occasionally an
honest soul finds these things after I lose them.)

dave

Dave Rusin

In article <13istr66hcp6i1f@corp.supernews.com>,
Chris Shearer Cooper <chrisnews@sc3.net> wrote:
>I found a digital camera by the side of the road near Estes Park, CO, and
>would be glad to return it to its owner if I can find him!

The camera's memory is a storage device with a file-and-directory structure
that can probably be read by your computer. Plug it in and see if the
owners left any kind of files there with identifying information.
(I did -- a file called "OWNER" at the root directory of my camera
chips, and likewise on my flash drives. You nver know: occasionally an
honest soul finds these things after I lose them.)

dave

David Dermott

On Sun, 4 Nov 2007, Chris Shearer Cooper wrote:

> I found a digital camera by the side of the road near Estes Park, CO, and
> would be glad to return it to its owner if I can find him!
>
> The pictures in the camera start in Missoula, Montana on 8/25/07, ...
> ...
> I uploaded one of the pictures that shows all the guys here ...
> http://www.sc3.net/bike.jpg

Do I see something written on one of their gloves? Too bad you
can't use the "zoom and enhance" image software that they use on those
TV crime shows. Just zoom in on the spot , apply an
"inverse Heisenberg compensation matrix" on one pixel, and you could
read a name and phone number :-)

More seriously... I wonder how long the camera was sitting beside the
road? Are the batteries still charged? Does the camera's clock have the
right date. I have seen several people's cameras where the
the date was incorrect, most commonly from removing batteries. If the
clock's date isn't correct, maybe they weren't in Missoula on Aug 25.

The EXIF header on digital camera files actually has a provision
for GPS data. But only a few high-end cameras have a built in GPS
that record the latitude and longitude of each photo. If this
was one of those cameras and it had a photo of the owner's home
you could find him!

If it was I that lost the camera, I would be more concerned about the
memory card. The camera can be replaced with a few $100, but
the photos of a good tour are priceless.

--

David Dermott , Wolfville Ridge, Nova Scotia, Canada
WWW pages: http://www.dermott.ca/index.html

David Dermott

On Sun, 4 Nov 2007, Chris Shearer Cooper wrote:

> I found a digital camera by the side of the road near Estes Park, CO, and
> would be glad to return it to its owner if I can find him!
>
> The pictures in the camera start in Missoula, Montana on 8/25/07, ...
> ...
> I uploaded one of the pictures that shows all the guys here ...
> http://www.sc3.net/bike.jpg

Do I see something written on one of their gloves? Too bad you
can't use the "zoom and enhance" image software that they use on those
TV crime shows. Just zoom in on the spot , apply an
"inverse Heisenberg compensation matrix" on one pixel, and you could
read a name and phone number :-)

More seriously... I wonder how long the camera was sitting beside the
road? Are the batteries still charged? Does the camera's clock have the
right date. I have seen several people's cameras where the
the date was incorrect, most commonly from removing batteries. If the
clock's date isn't correct, maybe they weren't in Missoula on Aug 25.

The EXIF header on digital camera files actually has a provision
for GPS data. But only a few high-end cameras have a built in GPS
that record the latitude and longitude of each photo. If this
was one of those cameras and it had a photo of the owner's home
you could find him!

If it was I that lost the camera, I would be more concerned about the
memory card. The camera can be replaced with a few $100, but
the photos of a good tour are priceless.

--

David Dermott , Wolfville Ridge, Nova Scotia, Canada
WWW pages: http://www.dermott.ca/index.html