Ken, What makes you think my backpack wouldn't fit through the scanner? It's surely smaller than a LOT of women's purses. Remember, it's not the MACRO treckker it's the MICRO. TWO of them would fit in the flight suitcase I have carried on in past years.
Cory ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 6:52 PM Subject: Re: flight advice > 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 . - 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 .
