When I flew to Halifax and back (from Toronto) last week, I was amused when they asked me at both security checks to "turn on my cameras". I guess they wanted to hear them make electronic beeping or whirring sounds. I had to explain to them that they were mechanical bodies (ok, I know that the MV isn't, but, whatever), and obligingly took of the lens off one and body cap off the other to show them the mirrors. I asked if they wanted to look through the viewfinder to make sure they could see through them, and they declined. Then, they asked me to take off the lens caps of one lens, which I did, so they could look through it - I also flicked the aperture lever to show them that it worked. They didn't check all the lenses, just one.
No sniff check. Didn't ask me to open my film canisters. That was it. No big deal. Oh yeah, they did ask me to turn on my portable CD player, to they could watch the CD spin. The whole thing took less than a minute. Not too intrusive, but a bit re-assuring, I suppose. regards, frank Timothy Sherburne wrote: > 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 > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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 .
