[Leica] Stolen SL system, in Iceland

[Doug Herr]

On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 12:10 PM Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> wrote:

> Well, that was fast.
>
> It was just a month ago that I got a Leica for the first time in my hands
> in years, after losing everything and more in a divorce.
>
> I was visiting Skógafoss waterfalls in Iceland today. After returning to
> the car, putting the camera in the bag in the back seat, we were approached
> by a young woman perhaps 25-30 years old, with long wavy brown hair, with
> light brown skin, who spoke with a thick non-Slavic Eastern European
> accent, from the passenger side.
>
> She appeared to be pointing out to something about our rental car. I got
> out of the car to look at what she was trying to say, sounding like she was
> saying that there was something wrong with the car and it was dangerous.
>
> The one minute interaction with her created an opportunity for her
> accomplice to take the bag from the back seat, even with my girlfriend in
> the car.
>
> I did not notice the loss until our next stop a half an hour later, but
> lost in the black Billingham Hadley Pro bag were:
>
> SL 4964347
> Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90 4527732
> Summilux-SL 50 4642333
>
> Of course, the worst loss was the images I had taken today. The waterfalls
> were tremendous, and the images are lost.
>

Well that sucks, especially while on vacation!  Sorrry to hear about this, Ken.  I hope it doesn't put too big a damper on the rest of the trip.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com