Category · Cameras & drones
Report a stolen camera or drone
Cameras, lenses and drones are portable, valuable and heavily serialised — which makes them very traceable if you've recorded the numbers. They reappear on marketplaces and camera-buy-swap groups.
The identifier that gets it back: Serial number
Body and each lens carry their own serial (on the base / mount, and in EXIF data of photos you've already taken). Drones tie a serial to the manufacturer account.
Types we watch
- Mirrorless & DSLR
- Lenses
- Drone
- Action & 360
- Cine & video
- Lighting & audio
How theft and resale play out
- Lenses and bodies are split and sold separately.
- Serials live in the EXIF of every photo you've already shot — proof you own it.
- Buy-swap-sell groups are a common resale channel alongside the big marketplaces.
If yours is already gone
- Report it to police and keep the event/reference number.
- Register the camera or drone on Theftsight (or mark it stolen) with the serial number and photos.
- Share the record with your insurer — they can work the same candidate queue.
- If a listing matches, export the proof pack — never confront a seller alone.
National checklist: How to report a stolen item. See everything we recover.
Put your camera or drone under watch
Register it in two minutes — private by default. If it's stolen, Gumtree, Facebook Marketplace and eBay are scanned against it, and police and insurers on the network can see the case.