Cory, I'm not at all familiar with that back pack and only mentioned it because I sometimes use a roller bag used by airline personnel and if I pack it fully it will not pass thru the metal cut out I mentioned. That bag is smaller than a lot of photo backpacks I have seen. Ken Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: CBWaters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 7:20 PM Subject: Re: flight advice
> Ken, > What makes you think my backpack wouldn't fit through the scanner? It's > surely smaller than a LOT of women's purses. Remember, it's not the MACRO > treckker it's the MICRO. TWO of them would fit in the flight suitcase I > have carried on in past years. > > Cory > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 6:52 PM > Subject: Re: flight advice > > > > Cory, I've have flown a fair amount since 9/11 with camera equipment. A > > potential problem I see is if your backpack won't fit thru the carry-on > > baggage scanning equipment - several airports have a metal cutout, with > > maximum allowable dimensions (height X width) thru which you must pass > your > > carryons. The other issue is film - I've never had a problem sending my > film > > thru the scanner, but with heightened security I'm concerned about the > > potential for film fogging, so on my last trip I put all my film - 20 > > rolls - into a zip lock bag after I removed the film from the cannisters > and > > requested a hand check. The guard looked at me like she had no idea what > to > > do and I wound up getting patted down, shoes removed and sniffed along > with > > my baggage. I got the feeling this was all because I asked for > > special attention for my film. > > It sucks because most of this added "security" has very little to do with > > actual security. > > Ken Waller > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: CBWaters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 10:57 PM > > Subject: flight advice > > > > > > > Having not flown in a few years I thought I'd float my packing plans on > > the > > > list. > > > I have a camera backpack (LowePro microtrekker 100) that I plan to stuff > > all > > > my camera gunk in and carry-on. I'll have a couple bodies, three or > four > > > lenses plus film (nothing really fast) and misc. gack. According to > > Delta's > > > site I'm allowed a camera bag and a carry-on. > > > Has anyone flown much since the latest restrictions? Is this planed bag > > > going to cause me any problems? Does it suck that I have to be paranoid > > > about being allowed to fly with my camera gear? > > > > > > thanks, > > > Cory Waters > > > - > > > 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 . - 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 .
