On 10/8/06, Joseph Tainter, discombobulated, unleashed: >I am scheduled to leave for Italy on September 8. It is another >conference that I must attend (and that someone else is paying for), but >I had hoped to spend a couple of days before the conference in Venice. >Naturally, photography would be a big part of those two days. > >So if I have to put my *ist D in my checked bag, can I still carry my >lenses on board? Are the security employees sophisticated enough to >understand that a lens is not, by itself, an electronic device? > >What to do? I could-- > >--just put the D in my checked bag and hope for the best. > >--Buy a cheap DL, K100, or K110 and take that instead. > >--Buy a case that is designed for shipping photo gear (but this would >not prevent theft). > >--Wait until I am in Europe, contact the black market, and buy a camera >newly stolen from someone's checked bag. > >For those of you who sometimes fly overseas, I am wondering how you plan >to handle this problem. > >List members in Europe: Please let us know what you are hearing.
At the moment, anything other than a set of keys (*minus* electronic car- key fobs), passports, and wallets are effectively the only things permitted in the aircraft cabins. No exceptions. This rule will apply for the short term, certainly - look at a couple of weeks from now. For the long term, it is entirely possible that many handheld electronic items and most if not all liquids will be banned, although this is by no means certain. You're travelling sept 8th? I'd consider buying a Pelican case a few days before you travel if the ban is not lifted - you'll have to check *everything* photographic. Sad but true, and necessary. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
