Amita, I've flown quite a bit since 9/11, and most of the time I've had photo gear with me. More often than not my camera bags are never questioned. On one occasion I was asked to open the hard case containing my C220.
These days, however, I'm on the Dept of Homeland Stupidity's special little list - something about Naval nuclear reactor training and booking one-way tickets on-line. Who woulda thunk it? The last time I flew I was required to remove all my clothing except my jeans and t-shirt, my camera bags were disected, they ran that silly wand over me for about five minutes, all the clothing I removed was sent through the x-ray machine, and they opened a camera containing exposed film. Afterwards I was told "Yer stuff's over there." The lesson: rewind your film before going through security. BTW, the one time I flew with a video camera, I was not asked to remove it from my carry-on for the first flight. They got kinda pissed off when I bitched about removing for my return flight. On 5/21/05, Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman
