I suspect that the same body has already been through some jarring moments being shipped to its final destination, whether by container ship or by plane. Loading/unloading boxes, loading/unloading containers, the trip itself, the distribution network which ships the cameras to its retailer and the shipping to the customer's house, all involving UPS/Fedex wannabee monkeys. I don't know exactly the mechanism of the shake reduction, but I suspect its some kind of piezo device, which means that when its off its pretty rigid.
On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 1:04 AM, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > I would think that Pentax DSLRs, with in-body shake reduction, are at least as > fragile as lenses. I'd certainly feel happier stowing an M or earlier lens in > my carryon than a modern body - and not just because of the value aspect. > >> On 28 March 2017 at 16:50 Gonz <rgonzoma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Can't you carry your lenses on board and check in the camera with no >> lenses? I would think that the lenses would be more fragile, esp >> since you can wrap the camera in clothing and put it in your suitcase? >> The lenses shouldn't be considered conventional "electronic device" >> since they have no battery even though they may have some chip or >> motors inside. >> >> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: >> > >> > Since the most recent on the devices in the carry-on on certain airlines >> > from some destination, I've been thinking that a few options for flying are >> > no longer available for me. >> > As far as I understand, in addition to the laptops, DSLRs (and any other >> > cameras besides cellphones are prohibited in the carry-on as well. >> > And as we've discussed before, it would be extremely risky to place a >> > DSLR+lenses into a regular checked-in suitcase. >> > >> > Two of the banned airlines have (or rather had) a potential for me flying >> > their flights: Emirates and Turkish Airlines. >> > I've never flown Emirates due to the routing/pricing, but always wanted >> > because of their reputation. >> > Turkish Airlines, on the other hand, offers competitive pricing for flying >> > to Europe (connecting in Istambul), and since they are in the aliance with >> > United, I've used them on a couple of trips recently, both business and >> > personal. >> > >> > It is interesting that Emirates just came up with a solution that *might* >> > work: >> > (USA Today:) >> > https://goo.gl/G0HQrj >> > http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2017/03/23/emirates-rolls-out-laptop-handling-service-response-ban/99543956/ >> > >> > With Turkish Airlines, whose Customer Service attitude is so "laid back" >> > that it neglects "customer" and to some degree "service", - I am not sure >> > if >> > I would trust even such a solution. -- I mean I wouldn't be sure that my >> > camera bag will not walk away between the gate and the cargo. >> > >> > And then for any airline, there is airport ground operations personnel on >> > the arrival to US. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. Dorothea Lange -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
