Cory, I've have flown a fair amount since 9/11 with camera equipment. A potential problem I see is if your backpack won't fit thru the carry-on baggage scanning equipment - several airports have a metal cutout, with maximum allowable dimensions (height X width) thru which you must pass your carryons. The other issue is film - I've never had a problem sending my film thru the scanner, but with heightened security I'm concerned about the potential for film fogging, so on my last trip I put all my film - 20 rolls - into a zip lock bag after I removed the film from the cannisters and requested a hand check. The guard looked at me like she had no idea what to do and I wound up getting patted down, shoes removed and sniffed along with my baggage. I got the feeling this was all because I asked for special attention for my film. It sucks because most of this added "security" has very little to do with actual security. Ken Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: CBWaters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 10:57 PM Subject: flight advice
> Having not flown in a few years I thought I'd float my packing plans on the > list. > I have a camera backpack (LowePro microtrekker 100) that I plan to stuff all > my camera gunk in and carry-on. I'll have a couple bodies, three or four > lenses plus film (nothing really fast) and misc. gack. According to Delta's > site I'm allowed a camera bag and a carry-on. > Has anyone flown much since the latest restrictions? Is this planed bag > going to cause me any problems? Does it suck that I have to be paranoid > about being allowed to fly with my camera gear? > > thanks, > Cory Waters > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
