> If you want to travel with a large lens you don't have much choice. There's no way in hell I'd ship my 600 FA checked baggage.. Its been to Alaska three times on a plane, always in the overhead. I had flown to the Badlands, S.D. the Friday before 9/11, for a week long workshop. I was scheduled to fly home the Sat after. When I couldn't get assurance that my 600 wouldn't be shipped in baggage, I rented a car and drove it home.
I specifically bought a backpack/lens case that would fit in the overhead. Not just woried about theft, but also damage. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 16-50 f2.8 > On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 06:06:38PM +0200, Boris Liberman wrote: >> On 12/3/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > ... However, I wouldn't be afraid to check it. I have those >> > travel combination locks on it. >> >> Paul, you're very brave person. Much much braver than I. > > If you want to travel with a large lens you don't have much choice. > I've got a Pelican 1620 for those situations, and it's flown in > checked baggage quite a few times. So far I've been able to take > the smaller Pelican as carry-on, but I carry TSA-approved locks > just in case I'm asked to check it. > > Having good gear, but being afraid to take it with you, is silly. > It's all insured (at replacement cost, not at what I paid for it), > so losing it would be an inconvenience, but not a disaster. > > > -- > 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
