found a camera. now, how to find its rightful owner?

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lxskllr

lxskllr

No Lifer
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Look at the pictures for clues. House address, license plate, daycare center...
 
IronWing

IronWing

No Lifer
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Post the pics on craigslist personals and ask if anyone knows these people.
 
Lean L

Lean L

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Haha this is hilarious. Some random family just got their pictures posted... Although with the advent of facebook, this is probably expected anyways.
 
Snock514

Snock514

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try reddit. i seem to remember hearing about these kinds of stories ending well
 
skyking

skyking

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work this from where you found it. If you post "found at xxx", somebody who is looking will have the best chance of searching for those terms.
 
olds

olds

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Get arrested like the ATOTer that found a cell phone in a store.
 
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Schfifty Five

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google images maybe? See if those photos pop up anywhere else on the internet and go from there. That's assuming those pictures were uploaded prior to being lost.
 
Schmide

Schmide

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Take pictures of your junk.

Try not to smirk when you return the camera.
 
Platypus

Platypus

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why did you post these as gifs?

do the original images have EXIF data that contains GPS data or anything like that?
 
postmortemIA

postmortemIA

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like the 1st image as gif, 256 colors didn't work too well for guy's face, he looks like he's sick, but it worked great for the wife (makeup = one color)...

edit. also wife is elbowy :D
 
fralexandr

fralexandr

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as suggested previously, if the camera has gps, exif on a recent "home" pic would be good to check
there are several web based exif viewers

facebook has a lost and found camera page

1st google search for lost found camera
http://www.camerafound.com/
 
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RichieZ

RichieZ

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well if you didn't convert those to gifs then its probably a shiet camera and they must have just left it there on purpose
 
gorobei

gorobei

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you could always take it to the local PD, if you arent going to go through all the pics to look for a clue.

the 3rd pic has 'REIGN MAKERS' on the dad's t-shirt. the company is a custom motivational t-shirt maker. given that there is no visible slogan on the front, it could be a promotional shirt for the employees to wear. they are located in Southfield, MI 48075 according to the website. if that is where the OP is located then you have a starting point.

they maybe visiting another family however(or another family is visiting). there are 5 children in the sample pics. given the appearances and relative ages, if all the pics are within a smallish timeframe (based on timestamps) then 2 of the 5 are probably someone else's kids.

however if all the pictures are in the same time period, then they are likely local. the mother is wearing 2 different watches. since very few people bring 2 sets of jewelry on a vacation, she must have been at her own home. if not in the same time range, then all bets are off.

that's as sherlock holmesy as im willing to go on 3 pics.
 
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