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02/09/2004 08:10:40 PM · #1 |
All US residents should be aware of the TSA's policy on carrying on photographic equipment. It is detailed at:
//www.tsa.gov/public/interapp/editorial/editorial_1248.xml
I've created (from their site) a 300 dpi .JPG image of the policy that is sized to be printed and laminated. I plan on carrying this with me when I take my camera (nearly always) because I have been hassled before. Feel free to "save target as" and use it in good health!
TSA Policy in JPG form
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02/09/2004 08:50:45 PM · #2 |
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02/09/2004 08:54:22 PM · #3 |
Its a shame, everything is more difficult now!
I'm walking |
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02/09/2004 08:56:30 PM · #4 |
| I remember taking my camera a couple of times on the plane before 9/11 and they may me snap a couple of shots to see if it was a real camera. |
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02/09/2004 09:44:49 PM · #5 |
I don't want to think about flying ANYWHERE, especially after what happened this Christmas flying with a 1yo and a 3 yo. Let's just say that we had to spend 12 hours waiting for the next flight after some @#*&%*& on the ground crew rammed the engine on our plane with a baggage ramp.
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02/09/2004 10:13:31 PM · #6 |
| I have never had a problem with carrying photo or video equipment on a flight after 9/11. Maybe you look shady;) |
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02/09/2004 10:21:32 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by jimmyn4:
...Maybe you look shady;) |
Maybe? there's really no debate...
There is never a complaint form security about the equipment itself, though they often go thru the bag. What I normally run into is "sir, you have too many carry-ons..." because I have the camera bag, a laptop, and a small, soft bag for clothes (it's really a saddlebag liner from my old Honda, gives you an idea of the size). I have to patiently tell them that, no, I am not checking either my photo gear or my laptop, and the photo gear and the small bag pack in less total space than a roll-on, and can be positioned more flexibly. The TSA card will just give me a little back-up.
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02/09/2004 11:35:42 PM · #8 |
| Just checked your profile kirbic. You look like some kind of alien. |
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02/10/2004 10:30:10 AM · #9 |
| My camera bag is a backpack. When I travel by plane, I pack my daughter's digi-cam and my video cam in the top pocket. Everything is in one bag that way. Not only easier to travel that way with 2 small kids, but keeps the airlines and security personnel happy. |
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02/10/2004 10:44:07 AM · #10 |
The TSA requirements are separate from the airline's requirements. Meaning that the airline may not allow the extra carry-on, but cannot quote the TSA policy for doing so.
"Air carriers may or may not allow the additional carry-on item on their aircraft. Please check with your air carrier prior to arriving at the airport."
So, you'd be better off checking with the airline and getting their policy too. Usually, I carry on any electronics and delicate equipment (cameras, laptop etc.) and, if I carry on a clothing bag, I will gate check that and just pick it up at the gate when I get off the plane.
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02/10/2004 11:02:21 AM · #11 |
| I have never had a problem either. I thought I would be randomly checked, just on the way I look, but after a few initial questions, they let me go with all my cameras. |
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02/10/2004 11:10:53 AM · #12 |
I was flew last week to St. Louis from Houston.
No problems at either airport, heck the last time my camera bag was opened up by a TSA screener was early 2003. They are more concerned about my laptop and they swab check that about every other trip I make.
And I take my camera every trip I make.
Im going back to St. louis this week and to Milwaukee next week.
James
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02/10/2004 11:25:12 AM · #13 |
Yep, TSA policy means nothing to the airlines. You might get through the gates with that piece of paper but the airline rep taking tickets would just laugh at it. If their policy is 2 bags you're S.O.L.
You ought to get one of those photo bags that has a laptop pocket, they're pretty slick. I've seen a few that will hold two DSLRs and 4 or 5 lenses. I use a Targus backpack that has plenty of room for my laptop and F707 in a small case.
One of the funniest things that happened to me at an airport checkpoint was when a guy searched my bag and decided he needed to look through my camera. First he couldn't figure it out because the F707 doesn't have true TTL viewing. I told him he had to turn it on and when he did the camera was in Preview mode and there was a picture of me sitting on my sister's couch with her two dogs. He put the camera down and looked quizzically across the terminal then looked back through the lens. After spending a few seconds chuckling to myself I told him to turn the dial.
I still laugh when I think about the expression on his face. I wish I had a photo.
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02/10/2004 12:28:38 PM · #14 |
OK, yes, I know digital is the future and you would prefer to die than carry film...
For those living dead out there, I'd make one suggestion over the TSA site's suggestions for carrying film -- and this is based on my own experience. Instead of plastic bags, go to a local store that carries outdoor equipment (like REI) and invest in some quality mesh bags.
Then, before you get to the airport, take all your canisters out of their plastic containers and place them in the mesh bag(s). The plastic containers can go in your carry-on and through the scanning machines while you politely ask to have your film canisters hand-checked. (Regardless of the speed of the film, say it's high speed -- you're living dead already, right? So what's a little white lie about film speed...)
The mesh bags let them visually inspect the contents, and they don't have to open a single thing if they want to do a swab check. After my sister's wedding, I had an attendant open and separately swab 50 of the plastic containers that I was carrying film in. My opinion is that I'd rather have them overly cautious, but I also want to make their life as easy as possible.
Then, while I'm waiting for the plane, I go through and put the film canisters back in the plastic containers. I may look like a freak, but it sure speeds the process.
The best thing, though, is to show up early and be polite to the people who are doing this. Make their life miserable, and they'll make yours hell.
Just a handy hints thing from a photogrpahic dinosaur.
Message edited by author 2004-02-10 12:31:14. |
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