Danjo

Will be flying from Seattle to Paris then to Rome. Reverse route on the trip home. What I'm I going to have to do to fly with a Nikon d500 and 18 to 300 lens. Can I take it as a carry on or do I have to put in checked baggage

Keldon Loc: Yukon, B.C.

Carry-on. Rome and Paris are NOT on the list of restricted countries.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

On the way back home it has to go in the checked baggage. That goes for all of Europe now!

chase4 Loc: Punta Corona, California

Take a look at the current TSA website, this my help if they have kept it up to date. chase

Danjo

What are the chances it would survive the ride are not be stolen? Should I just take a older Nikon 5300 and can I carry the lens with me on carry on?

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Call your airline.

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

I checked with my wife and she states it is not a TSA requirement at this time. Since she is a travel agent and the owner of the travel agency, she has to know to be able to advise her clients. The airlines may have their own requirements, but they are suppose to be in alignment with the TSA requirements. Of course this can change. She indicates that laptops may have to be checked baggage eventually. There is a lot of resistance coming from the business travelers since they do a lot of their work on their laptops during the flight. Cameras are "under the radar" for now.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Carry-on only unless you never want to see your camera again.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

The airlines are really screwing with us. Maybe it's the baggage handler's union that's requiring electronics to go into checked luggage. On my last few flights, I carried a backpack - nothing checked. I don't fly any more, so that doesn't affect me.

manattee scrubber Loc: Inverness, FL

Put the camera body in checked luggage. The rest of the gear, lenses, cards, brackets, etc., are not electronic or computer equipment, and can return to the US as a carry on.

Lorendn Loc: Jackson, WY

Jerry - It's not the airlines - they are nearly apoplectic about what the US government is doing to them.

I returned from Africa this weekend after 2 months. I flew through Doha, Qatar. Before the rule change, they were great to make sure I had plenty of room for my extra large backpack with 3 bodies, 6 lenses, laptop, and accessories. On the way from Johannesburg they warned me to check my laptop in my soft luggage - not happy but I carefully wrapped it in clothing and hoped it would survive. When I got to Doha, I was informed that all cameras would need to be checked. Impossible in my soft checked luggage so they checked my camera bag at the gate. They sealed the bag, wrapped it in plastic and sealed the plastic. They went on to give me a liability certificate listing the main gear in the bag and estimated value. They promised special last on - first off service for the bag. Sure enough when I arrived in Dallas, the bag was waiting for me, hand carried to the customs area. The airline apologized profusely and hoped everything was OK, allowed be to test the laptop and inspect the cameras while they watched. Everything was fine.

BTW - I grabbed the back-up external hard drive with my thousands of images and LR catalog and carried it in my pocket.

If the TSA forces this policy on all European flights (with no evidence of a problem or that this "solution" will work) it will be chaos for photographers wishing to carry their gear on board or using the long flight time to edit their work. Be prepared to check everything in a secure rigid case and hope for the best.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

The ban is imposed by the u.s. govermemt

This part of it

http://traveltips.usatoday.com/items-allowed-carryon-baggage-international-flights-54765.html

OviedoPhotos

Having traveled with my camera from an affected airport. I took the lens off the body (and of course I capped each part), put the body in my luggage and carried the lens on. I also ziplocked my bag. When I arrived the ziplock was not touched and all was intact.

JosephSF Loc: Sonoma County CA

You are misinformed and your information is patently false. There is so much misinformation on here. Do some simple homework and don't rely on this forum for your travel plans. Good grief.

mikeroetex Loc: Lafayette, LA

That is only being considered, it is not in effect as of now. OP, call or check online with your airline. They can tell you any luggage requirements. This isn't rocket science.

For example, from American airlines....big header at top of page: TRAVEL INFORMATION
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/international-travel/international-travel.jsp?anchorEvent=false&from=Nav