Can't you carry your lenses on board and check in the camera with no lenses? I would think that the lenses would be more fragile, esp since you can wrap the camera in clothing and put it in your suitcase? The lenses shouldn't be considered conventional "electronic device" since they have no battery even though they may have some chip or motors inside.
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: > > Since the most recent on the devices in the carry-on on certain airlines > from some destination, I've been thinking that a few options for flying are > no longer available for me. > As far as I understand, in addition to the laptops, DSLRs (and any other > cameras besides cellphones are prohibited in the carry-on as well. > And as we've discussed before, it would be extremely risky to place a > DSLR+lenses into a regular checked-in suitcase. > > Two of the banned airlines have (or rather had) a potential for me flying > their flights: Emirates and Turkish Airlines. > I've never flown Emirates due to the routing/pricing, but always wanted > because of their reputation. > Turkish Airlines, on the other hand, offers competitive pricing for flying > to Europe (connecting in Istambul), and since they are in the aliance with > United, I've used them on a couple of trips recently, both business and > personal. > > It is interesting that Emirates just came up with a solution that *might* > work: > (USA Today:) > https://goo.gl/G0HQrj > http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2017/03/23/emirates-rolls-out-laptop-handling-service-response-ban/99543956/ > > With Turkish Airlines, whose Customer Service attitude is so "laid back" > that it neglects "customer" and to some degree "service", - I am not sure if > I would trust even such a solution. -- I mean I wouldn't be sure that my > camera bag will not walk away between the gate and the cargo. > > And then for any airline, there is airport ground operations personnel on > the arrival to US. > > > Igor > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. Dorothea Lange -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
