Air travel with camera and lens detached or mounted?
Sep 6, 2023 17:26:38 #
I usually attach the lens that I am most likely to use en route.
I will then carry the camera with that lens attached with the strap over my shoulder and across my chest.
If I take other lenses as well, they will be padded and wrapped before I put them in the camera bag.
One extra hint: inspect the strap for weak spots and at the spots where it is attached to the camera, also inspect the strap on the camera bag.
Esther
I will then carry the camera with that lens attached with the strap over my shoulder and across my chest.
If I take other lenses as well, they will be padded and wrapped before I put them in the camera bag.
One extra hint: inspect the strap for weak spots and at the spots where it is attached to the camera, also inspect the strap on the camera bag.
Esther
Sep 6, 2023 18:04:06 #
I always carry-on my camera bag and any lenses and always have the lens and body separate. But that is just for better packing. If I was taking a shorter "long" lens like the Nikon 120-300mm I might leave it on, but it just packs better for everything if they are separate.
Sep 6, 2023 19:26:38 #
scubadoc
Loc: Sarasota, FL
Slightly off topic, but if you are taking a fair amount of camera gear and are on a small, foreigncarrier that weighs backpacks, I would carry my camera and lens over my neck and would often put other lenses and/or camera bodies in a safari vest, which I wear. You can get a 30 lb backpack down to about 12 lbs this way, which should satisfy carry on weight restrictions.
Sep 6, 2023 20:56:08 #
scubadoc wrote:
Slightly off topic, but if you are taking a fair amount of camera gear and are on a small, foreigncarrier that weighs backpacks, I would carry my camera and lens over my neck and would often put other lenses and/or camera bodies in a safari vest, which I wear. You can get a 30 lb backpack down to about 12 lbs this way, which should satisfy carry on weight restrictions.
Yep.. thx..that’s exactly my plan!
Sep 6, 2023 21:03:54 #
User ID wrote:
The lens mount is the strongest element of both the body and the lens. Your concerns about are misplaced.
This is not true. The lens mount on the lens is designed to break with much less force than required to damage the mount on camera. The lens will break off from the camera.
I know this from personal experience. In fact, one time my camera hit the floor, and the lens broke off. I removed the remaining piece of the lens mount from the camera, mounted a replacement lens, and finished shooting the event.
Sep 6, 2023 21:31:05 #
Alphabravo2020 wrote:
If there is enough turbulence to damage your lens on your camera in your bag in the overhead compartment in the plane in the sky, then you won't be around to worry about it.
Sep 6, 2023 21:48:19 #
kufengler wrote:
I've always left the lens on and have never had any issues over 30-40 years.
I usually have a zoom lens attached.
I usually have a zoom lens attached.
Me too, I fully agree with you and I have encountered some very significant turbulence and hard landings over the years.
Sep 6, 2023 21:59:30 #
Thank you all all for your responses! I have a 22 hour flight ahead, followed by shorter flight on small planes. I feel much more comfortable, now, in packing my camera backpack in the way that everything fits best. It puts my mind at ease . Thanks everyone!!!
Sep 6, 2023 22:27:18 #
Anytime I fly I keep the camera bodies in one compartment of my Canon bags and select lenses in other compartments. It's not likely any given lens will be the right one for my first capture.
Sep 7, 2023 00:09:47 #
The few times I've flown with a camera, I've had a 50mm lens on the camera. All I ever needed.
Sep 7, 2023 08:11:15 #
I don’t worry about it: my travel camera has a fixed lens (Leica) which simplifies the issue. Never had a problem!
Sep 7, 2023 08:18:56 #
BarbB wrote:
I was just wondering what most do, as I’ve received conflicting advice. Do you keep your lenses mounted on cameras in your camera bag, or detach them, for long airplane flights? My thought is detach, so if there is turbulence, added pressure won’t be put on camera mounts. Just wondering what most people do.
I am inclined to have a lens attached to the body and is nicely snug in my PacSafe bag with two other lenses. Before I board, I will set my camera’s clock to the location time. I also will set the camera on AUTO.
Having piloted planes (I’m not rated and still learning) turbulence is not a major issue. The physical jostling around is more than enough to loosen a lens mount but that doesn’t happen.
Leaving a lens detached to save space keeps a fear that when the bag is open a lens just go rolling around down the airplane’s aisle.
Finally, I will keep a jeweler’s screw driver set to fix any loose screws on my glasses or camera.
PS: When I pack a tripod, I will put it with my check in luggage and not my carry on luggage.
Sep 7, 2023 08:26:05 #
Sep 7, 2023 08:45:41 #
Sep 7, 2023 10:24:54 #
I've always left the lens on. Of course, what's really important is what's around the camera. If it's well-protected and packed, it shouldn't matter what happens while traveling.
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