TSA Getting Tough on Photographers?
Mar 2, 2018 13:08:02 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
So would you be comfortable boarding a flight where people could bring whatever they wanted onboard?
Probably would. I am a Marine retired in better physical shape than most my age. Besides that i would probably be as well armed as the bad guys. Remember 911 the people on the flight that hit the pentagon fought back had they been better armed ..... only god knows that answer. Since most tickets are bought well before the flight background checks could be made early but the airlines only want the money so they leave the government check at boarding time. A check when the ticket is purchased and marking it good bad or in between would allow a lot more to not have to be checked. In todays world to many people do things after they need be done like ID checks before boarding and ID photo on the ticket to match with your personal ID all done when ticket is bought not being done as last minute thought as it seems to be now. In fact ID check before might get a few more bad guys off the street before they even try to board.
Mar 2, 2018 13:15:06 #
Try being dark complected with a beard. I'm pulled aside EVERY time I fly (in "random" security scans) It's become a running joke in my family. They've never damaged anything, and have always been polite, so I just comply, and get on with my life.
Going through your camera bag is a lot less invasive than being "felt up" in line in front of everyone. Easier to just smile and move on. Life is too short to get upset about it.
Going through your camera bag is a lot less invasive than being "felt up" in line in front of everyone. Easier to just smile and move on. Life is too short to get upset about it.
Mar 2, 2018 13:19:08 #
julian.gang wrote:
I don't know if this will pertain to anyone, but I am excited! Last night I found new ways to control my camera! My camera is a Sony DSC-HX400v, the new way is through the mode dial, it consists of using the numbers on the mode dial. This will allow you into the creative features of the camera ie. standard, vivid, posterize etc. I'm very excited, it's like a new camera...Julian
Wrong Topic Mister!
74images
Mar 2, 2018 13:21:33 #
This has happened to me upon occasion as well. Just an example of TSA doing their job!
Mar 2, 2018 14:28:36 #
bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
Robeng wrote:
A couple of years ago I return from Peru and going... (show quote)
I would have asked to speak to a supervisor (one law enforcement professional to another) as soon as I realized that the agent was playing games. Any agent doing TSA inspections knows what a camera and monopod are. They inspect many of them every day. Since that agent was giving you the full third degree, what more could they do to you if you complained; shoot you?
Mar 2, 2018 14:31:51 #
If you had ever been on the scene (before cleanup) of a passenger plane crash as I have been three times in my photojournalism career, you would not mind any security measures from federal or local government to possibly help keep you and/or your loved ones safe from ending their lives in that horrible and tragic way. Planes have mechanical failures and pilot error, but TSA do their jobs to lessen the odds from bad folks.
Mar 2, 2018 14:41:45 #
Have had them take second look quite a few times better safe than sorry, they treated my equipment fine.
Almost always find the note in my check in bags probably due to my tripods and accessories that I put in them.
Almost always find the note in my check in bags probably due to my tripods and accessories that I put in them.
CaptainBobBrown wrote:
Just returned to U.S. from Costa Rica bird shoot v... (show quote)
Mar 2, 2018 14:52:12 #
That does remind me of a trip I made. Flew to Florida, and tried to pack light, so I used a standard backpack, and to fit everything inside, I had to keep the lens separate. When they inspected the camera, they took the body cap off. You wouldn't think the little amount if time they took to inspect it would make a difference, but I ended up having to buy a sensor cleaning kit when I got to Florida, because the dust was unbelievable. It probably wasn't "pristine" before it was inspected, I don't do sensor cleanings until I notice a problem, but wow, my photos had dark polka dots all over in the light areas of the photo.
Lesson learned, leave the lens on the camera body. They will look through it, turn it on, etc, but they won't take the lens off in a dusty airport, face up...
Lesson learned, leave the lens on the camera body. They will look through it, turn it on, etc, but they won't take the lens off in a dusty airport, face up...
Mar 2, 2018 14:52:24 #
Robeng wrote:
A couple of years ago I return from Peru and going... (show quote)
A-holes that think their badge entitles them are, well, a-holes and don't deserve to be issued a badge.
Who gets a Federal and County law enforcement ID? You are one or the other. Or a poser.
Mar 2, 2018 14:54:31 #
Robeng
Loc: California
bpulv wrote:
I would have asked to speak to a supervisor (one law enforcement professional to another) as soon as I realized that the agent was playing games. Any agent doing TSA inspections knows what a camera and monopod are. They inspect many of them every day. Since that agent was giving you the full third degree, what more could they do to you if you complained; shoot you?
It wasn't TSA, it was CBP (Custom Border Patrol) the guys in the dark blue uniforms. The ones that check your passport.
There was another CBP agent standing near by and saw my ID. I could tell he didn't want to get involved. If anything I could tell he was embarrassed with his partner.
Mar 2, 2018 15:04:07 #
I have been through TSA many times and never had my camera bag have more than a cursory look. That includes a couple trips to Canada. When my brother came to visit me from Canada, they tore all his stuff, including his camera, apart. Now he drives.
Mar 2, 2018 15:06:05 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
gwilliams6 wrote:
If you had ever been on the scene (before cleanup) of a passenger plane crash as I have been three times in my photojournalism career, you would not mind any security measures from federal or local government to possibly help keep you and/or a loved ones safe from ending their lives in that horrible and tragic way. Planes have mechanical failures and pilot error, but TSA do their jobs to lessen the odds from bad folks.
I can't argue with you on this. I remember the days you could walk aboard a plane with just about anything. Airlines paid for its own security pretty much before 9-11-01. And I remember the Hi-jackings of planes during the mid 1970s. Now, the Feds run the security by TSAs. I remembered when it was first started, grandmas were being thoroughly searched, sometimes overdone. I have been lucky when it comes to TSA searches, but my day will come, someday. They took my can of aerosol shaving cream. That's it.
Mar 2, 2018 15:11:53 #
Robeng
Loc: California
Joe Blow wrote:
A-holes that think their badge entitles them are, well, a-holes and don't deserve to be issued a badge.
Who gets a Federal and County law enforcement ID? You are one or the other. Or a poser.
Who gets a Federal and County law enforcement ID? You are one or the other. Or a poser.
When you're on loan to a federal agency from your local agency you get a federal ID. Also when I was on loan to FLETC as an instructor I had a federal ID.
When I worked Super Bowl 50, I was issued a Super Bowl Badge that was different from our regular badge. I've attached an image of that badge,
Mar 2, 2018 16:11:34 #
kb6kgx
Loc: Simi Valley, CA
Gene51 wrote:
Certainly beats exploding in mid-air.
Yes. That would ruin your day.
Mar 2, 2018 17:31:34 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
kb6kgx wrote:
Yes. That would ruin your day.
On the other hand, it would be a blast.
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