Taking camera
Jul 31, 2014 13:27:35 #
Jul 31, 2014 13:30:47 #
I've been doing it for years - no issues with x-ray's - should be no issues with TSA - if you have a pistol grip in your camera bag you might get asked to open the bag and let them inspect - depends on how appears in the picture.
Jul 31, 2014 13:33:55 #
Aug 1, 2014 06:32:52 #
X-rays (especially the CT scanners used for checked luggage) are very hard on film, especially the higher-speed film (ISO 400 and above). But most of us don't have to worry so much about that anymore!
Aug 1, 2014 06:36:31 #
vet6869 wrote:
Taking camera through X-ray machines and TSA?
never had a single problem with either film or digital cameras
Aug 1, 2014 07:40:52 #
vet6869 wrote:
Taking camera through X-ray machines and TSA?
Do it all the time. They have never asked about my camera equipment. Now my insulin pump is another story. I get shaken down every Monday and Thursday. Europe is fun, They, many times, don't even know what it is and are ordering me to take it off.
Aug 1, 2014 13:31:26 #
vet6869 wrote:
Taking camera through X-ray machines and TSA?
I always, and politely, request my camera equipment be hand inspected, especially any film.
--Bob
Aug 1, 2014 13:34:30 #
DavidPine
Loc: Fredericksburg, TX
I have taken my cameras and computers to New York and back to Texas and then to London and Paris and back to Texas. No problems at all.
vet6869 wrote:
Taking camera through X-ray machines and TSA?
Aug 1, 2014 13:38:41 #
No problem now with digital. Back in the film days, I often carried high ISO film - Tri-X or even Tmax 3200, so I always put all the film in a plastic bag, and never had a problem asking for it to be hand inspected.
Aug 1, 2014 14:11:07 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
Shellback wrote:
I've been doing it for years - no issues with x-ray's - should be no issues with TSA - if you have a pistol grip in your camera bag you might get asked to open the bag and let them inspect - depends on how appears in the picture.
I also take the ball head out, the knobs can be confusing when all the other gear is also shoved in the bag.
Aug 1, 2014 14:39:24 #
rmalarz wrote:
I always, and politely, request my camera equipment be hand inspected, especially any film.
--Bob
--Bob
This why I got my first digital camera in 2002 for a trip to the UK no film worries damage by x-ray of lost.
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