Hi!
My name is Trevor Sehrer and I'm the founder of Lenstag. I'm writing to let you know that we've launched a new feature to fight image theft by extending the benefits of Lenstag Rescue to all users with verified digital cameras, not just users with cameras flagged as stolen.
It works like this: if you have at least one verified digital camera, you'll now get notifications via email and within Lenstag if Lenstag Rescue comes across an image with metadata containing your camera's serial number and model name. If someone copies your image from your portfolio to their blog or their portfolio, for example, it can be detected and you can be notified.
The email notifications are limited to once per day and only get sent when something new is discovered, so you don't have to worry about getting spammed. If you wish to disable the email notifications, you can sign into lenstag.com, click on Settings and then click the 'Disable' button under 'Disable Lenstag Rescue Notifications'.
Lastly, I'd like to thank all of the anonymous heroes and heroines that use the Lenstag Rescue Chrome extension to fight camera and now image theft. Without your help, we would not have been able to launch this feature.
Thank you for using Lenstag and, as always, if you have any feedback, questions, comments or concerns, just hit reply and write me back.
Happy photographing!
trevor
P.S. Want to help the cause? Install the Lenstag Rescue Chrome extension:
http://lens.tg/chrome" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. If you use Firefox, we're working on a Firefox add-on and that should be ready in the next few weeks. Please let me know if you'd like an email once it's ready to go and I'll add you to the list.
P.P.S. Sony cameras do not record serial numbers in image metadata, so if you have one, you'll have to make sure to add it via your image editing software.
