Thanks for the update, Ryan. As a quick aside, Last week I made a round trip between Portland, Oregon and Ontario, California (east of LA).
Security in Portland did a swab test on my gear bag (containing several lenses, ZX-M body and accessories) after being x-ray'd. I purchased all my film in California, and I had several rolls left on the return trip. Security at Ontario Airport did honor my request for a hand check for the film, although the request went up the flag pole until it got to the supervising coordinated directing manager-in-charge, who said, "Look, all you need to do is open the bag, look at each roll and make sure there's film there". The rolls were out of their boxes and cans, each with a leader sticking out and in a clear zip-loc bag. t On 4/11/02 9:33 AM, Ryan K. Brooks wrote: > As a follow up to this email, here was my results: > > At ORD: They pulled me aside, did the full "sniff" test (on me, my shoes > and my gear) and looked thru each lens. The security fellow was extremely > nice and extremely careful with the equipment. He did ask what I used such > a big heavy lens for. :-) > > At MIA (where they had just arrested someone with boxcutters from Egypt the > week before): They did the sniff test on me, my bag and my shoes but didn't > open the bag. Security guy was disinterested, but not unpleasent. > > Frankly, I felt better at ORD- even though the inspection took an extra 5-6 > minutes. Small price to pay. > > (I fedex'ed my film, which I did before 9/11 as well) > > Oh, and the lens is still green :-), > > R > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 1:35 PM > Subject: Re: Carry-on of big-glass > > >>> [snip] so I just have to bring along my mint green A*400/2.8 :-). >>> [snip] I'm leaving from O'Hare- and meet all the carry on >>> requirements, but a bit concerned that they won't like this big, >>> heavy, club like item in my carry on. I don't really trust >>> checking it, even in it's case. [snip] >> >> No guarantees that anything that we could say will automatically get >> you and your lens on a plane, Ryan - <g>. Besides, since you've got >> one of the ~green~ big A* lenses, any security person who has seen >> only ~white~ big A* lenses in print is gonna be suspicious - <g>. >> >> Seriously, I would try to carry it on, but be willing to have it >> hand inspected as well as x-rayed if necessary. Maybe you should >> make sure that the the aperture is already set wide open, so that a >> security person could easily look through the lens from one end to >> the other with the two caps off (to see that it's nothing but air >> and beautiful SMC glass from one end to the other). >> >> That's about all I can think of, except maybe to smile a lot. ;-) >> >> Fred >> - >> 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 .
