In a message dated 5/21/2005 4:02:54 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I flew from Portland, OR to Lima, Peru and carried one DSLR and lens, and an extra lens, plus some CF cards. I ran it through the X-ray machine and the inspector never asked about the contents he saw. Same thing on the way back home. Had no problems.
Jim A. > I haven't flown since before 9/11. I'm leaving for London out of JFK on > Tuesday. Can I expect the security folks to hand-examine my lenses and > make > me prove that my camera is a camera? I just want to know what to expect. > > Thanks, > Amita ========== Ditto, when I flew to GFM last year. They just X-Ray really. They aren't being THAT clever in their searching -- as if we were all James Bonds ;-). If they were searching harder we'd never get off the ground, it would take too long. And I suppose an X-Ray will turn up most blatantly suspicious items. HTH, Marnie aka Doe
