I loaned mine to my daughter for her senior trip [1986] to the Virgin Islands where it was stolen from a rented van. Wish I had it today for the 50mm, f1.4 to use with my E-M5.

Thanks for correcting me on that. Haven't used one since my Pentax Spotmatic days.

You did not mention if you think you have focus blur or motion blur. A tele extender as you probably know adds a full F stop to your exposure setting and doubles the effective focal length of your lens. You could be experiencing motion blur from too slow shutter speed.

From my experience many city detectives are so overloaded with cases they have little time to deal with this type of a crime. They might check local pawn shops, etc. then move on. I would check the pawn shops, craigs list and e-bay myself. Most hospitals provide crappy security for their patients and their staff for that matter. Many hospitals are in crime prone areas and do not screen properly the walk ins. There have been many cases reported over the years of patients being sexually assaulted. As a result of this many hospitals have installed closed circuit TV systems to record the goings on in entrances, stairwells, elevators and hallways. As it was not mentioned in the ops post I assume the hospital had no such system.
Billbourd

Possibly the best way to get your property back is having S/N's for all your property that has one. If lost or stolen the police will ask you for the S/N to add to the police report. This info is fed into the NCIC [FBI] database which pawn shops should refer to. I do not believe an individual can verify a purchase of a used item with a S/N, only thru a police agency.

Bill B.

I think that would depend on the situation. If I might explain my thoughts:
You are taking a few photos with your point and shoot at a airport and a uniformed officer approaches and asks you to stop and requests your camera, offering you his apologies and a receipt. OK give it up.
However lets look at a street demonstration where things, lets say are rather hectic. You are taking some photos with your Canon 1D and a officer demands your camera. You know that he is not going to give you a receipt [things are near out of control] and you know your camera if about to be lost or damaged beyond repair. Do you give up your $5,000+ camera? I don't think so.
Bill B.

How about a scenario where there is a young girl with severe injuries from a auto accident who is being attended to by EMT's. Her clothing has been removed to facilitate treatment and police personnel have not yet set up privacy screening or a perimeter.
You are one of the officers on the scene and notice one of the onlookers is apparently taking photographs of the victim. Being a amateur photographer yourself you are aware of the constitution provided rights of photographers. You also see this person has a telephoto lens on his camera and is not displaying a press pass.
What would you do, if anything?
Bill B.

Really like the photo and agree with all of the comments made. Would like to add that I think the photo is not quite level looking at the tree line. Maybe C/W 2 degrees or so? Adobe Elements is used quite a bit by me to level my photos using the Rotate custom setting.
Bill B.