A camera tip to help get it back if you lose it ...

[sharky60]

I still see a lot of posts about folk losing a camera or one being found

... make the first frame of your day's shoot a picture of your personal information, name, contact information (phone number and e-mail) and where you are staying. Should you happen to lose your camera and someone finds it, it will be easy for your camera to be returned to you. Do this daily before heading out. This has worked for friends of mine.

also, if you are using a camera rig, NEVER, take your hand off it and let it just dangle from a lanyard, even redundant lanyards can fail. If you are using a sports camera (GoPro type) on a stick, NEVER let that camera out of your eyesight and constantly check your connections. ALWAYS check your connections.

I was taught these principles by my uw photo mentors at Cozumel Island Photo many years ago, and have (knocked wood) never lost a camera in over 20 years of underwater photography.

 

[Shawn C]

Good tips. The one time that I forgot to record myself providing my contact information was, of course, the only time I lost my GoPro. Lesson learned.

 

[Zane]

I also put a sticker with my contact info somewhere in case it's dead.
A new Brother label maker is $30 and can do small enough font to fit on the GoPro battery

 

[cicopo]

This tip won't work for all cameras & I recently downloaded the manual for a GoPro 10 to see it it provided a place to add owner info but it didn't seem to allow it. Many cameras however do allow adding info to the EXIF which is stored in every image taken. There can be fields for the Author's name as well as for the Copyright holder. Those fields may have slightly different names but it's worth checking on whether you can add that info. In my case my email address is short enough to use as the volume label for every memory card I use. I also take a photo or 2 of the hotel I'm in when traveling.

 

[JFS]

This tip won't work for all cameras & I recently downloaded the manual for a GoPro 10 to see it it provided a place to add owner info but it didn't seem to allow it. Many cameras however do allow adding info to the EXIF which is stored in every image taken. There can be fields for the Author's name as well as for the Copyright holder. Those fields may have slightly different names but it's worth checking on whether you can add that info. In my case my email address is short enough to use as the volume label for every memory card I use. I also take a photo or 2 of the hotel I'm in when traveling.

I just write my name on inside of go pro housing with a sharpie and email.