I was in London on business last week, and got some time to chat with a guy in the security check about hand luggage and photo gear. He was very insistant that bringing photo gear in and out of Heathrow as hand luggage would not be a problem as long as the bag/case fit within the given size limits.
I also noticed at least 10 travellers with rolling suitcases noticeably larger than the new size limits. Still, they got threm through. However, they may be more skittish about trans-atlantic flights. At terminal 3, all pedestrian traffic from the trains into Departure is now routed on the outside of the building past the check-in counters of Virgin Atlantic and Continental. Jostein On 9/26/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have fun in Greece! > > With the air travel restrictions in the UK, I had a helluva time > packing. I can't do more than two bags as I'm mobile for various > parts of my trip so a backpack and a rollaway are the limit. No room > for the tripod and my clothes in the rollaway ... nor would I want to > risk the tripod or head being stolen! I will NOT check my camera gear > or computer, cannot carry-on more than ONE bag the size of my > backpack (no tripod bag or tripod strapped to the outside ... that's > how I've always traveled before with it). I cut back my kit to the DS > body, DA21, FA35, and FA77. Didn't even take the DA14. Wide, normal, > portrait tele ... the classic set ... let's see how it goes. > > I almost canned all the SLR gear and took the Sony R1 and the tripod, > but that's not as good for people and low light work. It was a > serious struggle but the Pentax responsiveness and low light > capabilities won in the end. > > Godfrey > > On Sep 26, 2006, at 7:12 AM, Amita Guha wrote: > > > Nate and I are leaving on Sunday for two weeks in Greece! We'll be on > > Naxos for 5 days, Santorini for 3 days, and in Athens for 3 days. This > > is our first trip to Greece. > > > > Here is the kit I'm taking: > > > > *istD > > Sigma 10-20mm > > Sigma 18-50mm > > FA 50mm f/1.4 > > DA 50-200mm > > > > tripod & ballhead > > blue/yellow filter > > couple of ND and graduated ND filters > > polarizers > > > > Optio WP for backup & watery situations > > > > I've been doing my homework and we know what we want to see, but is > > there anything in particular or off the beaten path that we shouldn't > > miss? Obviously we're going to visit the Acropolis. We're going to > > rent a car and drive around Naxos for a couple of days, and I'm > > bringing the tripod mainly to shoot sunrises & sunsets. > > > >> From what I've seen, it looks like it's very hard to take a *bad* > > photo in the Cyclades, so I'm really looking forward to this trip. :) > > > > Amita > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
