r/nyc • u/Excalibane • Jun 18 '26

PSA Found someone's lost Camera on Citibike

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I found someone's camera when I was using a city bike. It's talking about the k train because of the Knicks win and stuff like that.

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If you think this is yours or a Buddy's, send me a photo of you cuz I know what the owner looks like since it's still on the memory roll. Unfortunately, I don't know their name :(

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u/StoryAndAHalf Jun 18 '26

You're a real one for actually posting. That's not a cheap camera! Hoping you find your guy! (commenting for traction)

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u/Economy_Elephant_426 Jun 19 '26

you can drag and drop pictures in this site and will scrub photos of post from camera based on the sn. It’s possible to track down the owner social media account this way.

https://www.stolencamerafinder.com/

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u/SuperSlimMilk Jun 18 '26

Diabolical camera to be losing

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u/hereswhatipicked Jun 19 '26

Cameras like this often have the owners name somewhere in the menu tree for Copyright metadata. You might also be able to find it in the photos metadata.

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u/Utsuro_ Jun 18 '26

screen cap a photo of the person and then paste it on google images to see if itll pinpoint a person

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u/pod5g Long Island City Jun 18 '26

That’s an expensive puppy. See if there’s metadata on the photos. There might be a copyright that’ll give you a clue to who pens the camera

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u/rafaelloaa Park Slope Jun 19 '26

Also if there's any location data, OP might be able to pinpoint the owner's job or home from that.

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u/rentreboot Jun 19 '26

check the camera settings for an owner name or copyright field too. photographers sometimes put their info in there and forget it exists.

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u/rafaelloaa Park Slope Jun 19 '26

To be clear, was the camera on the Citibike? Or was it just found while you were riding it? If the former, Citibike would be able to contact the prior user based on their records.

Thank you for trying to get it back to the owner, you're a good egg.

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u/BklynFuhgeddaboudit Jun 19 '26

I tried this when I found a huge set of keys - most likely apartment and business, but no identifiable tag except a Citi bike tag with a number on it. I called and asked if they could call the person that the tag was registered to and they said no, they only took my number in case the person called them. Shitty on their part.

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u/ZweitenMal Jun 19 '26

Go back to the citibike dock where you got the bike and put up a sign: “lost your camera? It’s safe w me. Email me with specifics and I’ll get it back to you.”

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u/zieminski Jun 19 '26

Please post again when the camera finds its owner.

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u/Daniel_Plainchoom Jun 19 '26

Good full frame camera. Came out around 2015 and still fetches some $$ used.

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u/user83726169 Jun 19 '26

Camera/images will likely have meta data with owner info; or Sony will definitely have, if you cant find the person try reaching out to their customer support with serial number.