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In the San Francisco Bay Area, pricey camera equipment is becoming one of the favorite targets of robbers. In 2013, the New York Times reported that
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/08/15/sf-police-ask-public-for-help-in-solving-dslr-robbery/
Police say that a newspaper photojournalist was walking on Bryant Street at 11am on July 23rd with a second person when two suspects pushed him over from behind. As he fell over, they grabbed the “Canon 1D” DSLR camera (we’re guessing it was a $4,600 Canon 1D X) and lenses he had — a kit worth more than $9,300.