Comments on: Another Fresh Example of Why You Shouldn’t Check Your Camera Gear http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232 Scoops, tips and comments published exclusively for friends of Scott Kelby Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:12:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Packing, Packing, and More Re-Packing | John Barduhn Photography Blog http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232/comment-page-1#comment-194063 Packing, Packing, and More Re-Packing | John Barduhn Photography Blog Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:29:17 +0000 http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232#comment-194063 [...] Think I am crazy?Flying with FishScott Kelby [...] [...] Think I am crazy?Flying with FishScott Kelby [...]

]]> By: How do I bring my DSLR on an airplane? | DSLRnoob http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232/comment-page-1#comment-79452 How do I bring my DSLR on an airplane? | DSLRnoob Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:56:52 +0000 http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232#comment-79452 [...] Do not put expensive equipment in your checked luggage. A short while back people were talking of a $50 5D sold by dodgy baggage handlers in Florida http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232 [...] [...] Do not put expensive equipment in your checked luggage. A short while back people were talking of a $50 5D sold by dodgy baggage handlers in Florida http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232 [...]

]]> By: Why You Shouldn’t Check Your Camer Gear « ChromaticSoul http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232/comment-page-1#comment-50302 Why You Shouldn’t Check Your Camer Gear « ChromaticSoul Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:30:25 +0000 http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232#comment-50302 [...] ALWAYS keep my camera and gear with me when I travel by plane or train. Scott Kelby has a link to a scary article that is a good reminder of why this is good practice. While I feel for the folks [...] [...] ALWAYS keep my camera and gear with me when I travel by plane or train. Scott Kelby has a link to a scary article that is a good reminder of why this is good practice. While I feel for the folks [...]

]]> By: adam tanner http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232/comment-page-1#comment-45076 adam tanner Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:52:07 +0000 http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232#comment-45076 I had a pocket digital camera stolen out of my one checked bag about a year and a half ago flying with Delta out of JFK into Boston. I had the camera (a canon elph) in it's case and wrapped it up inside of a sweatshirt in the checked bag (which I had to check as I was carrying on my already full camera bag). As soon as I picked up my checked bag and noticed it had been gone through I walked straight over to the baggage counter and then was routed to the Delta counter where I was told flatly "we are not responsible for any electronics equipment that you check" which meant to me at that moment that "we give our baggage handlers a license to pillage through your luggage and steal because you can't do anything about it if they take anything". I had a pocket digital camera stolen out of my one checked bag about a year and a half ago flying with Delta out of JFK into Boston.

I had the camera (a canon elph) in it’s case and wrapped it up inside of a sweatshirt in the checked bag (which I had to check as I was carrying on my already full camera bag).

As soon as I picked up my checked bag and noticed it had been gone through I walked straight over to the baggage counter and then was routed to the Delta counter where I was told flatly “we are not responsible for any electronics equipment that you check” which meant to me at that moment that “we give our baggage handlers a license to pillage through your luggage and steal because you can’t do anything about it if they take anything”.

]]> By: Emmet Whitehead http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232/comment-page-1#comment-44712 Emmet Whitehead Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:00:05 +0000 http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232#comment-44712 Scott, Today I travelled from Boston to San Francisco and, as noted above, I checked my clothes, including a few items like a refector and diffuser, but carried my camera and tripod on the plane. I rang all sorts of bells going through the x-ray machine with my diffuser clamp, the same one that is in your kit at B&H and was asked to submit to a full bag search. It seems that the clamp looked like a gun and the transformer from my PC power cord plus the remote IR trigger for the camera made it look like I was carrying a bomb. New x-ray operator, very slow, and the inspection was also a long and painful process since I had to stand by and watch the inspector struggle to open all of the compartments, etc. While here in CA I hope to put the lessons learned from Vol 1 &2 of your Digital Photography book to good use shooting CA wildflowers and my three grandchildren. Wish me luck. Scott,

Today I travelled from Boston to San Francisco and, as noted above, I checked my clothes, including a few items like a refector and diffuser, but carried my camera and tripod on the plane. I rang all sorts of bells going through the x-ray machine with my diffuser clamp, the same one that is in your kit at B&H and was asked to submit to a full bag search. It seems that the clamp looked like a gun and the transformer from my PC power cord plus the remote IR trigger for the camera made it look like I was carrying a bomb. New x-ray operator, very slow, and the inspection was also a long and painful process since I had to stand by and watch the inspector struggle to open all of the compartments, etc.

While here in CA I hope to put the lessons learned from Vol 1 &2 of your Digital Photography book to good use shooting CA wildflowers and my three grandchildren. Wish me luck.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232/comment-page-1#comment-44687 Andrew Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:00:08 +0000 http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232#comment-44687 Isn't it amazing that at an area that is so secure (to keep planes from hitting buildings and the like), that these thieves had the ability to do this? If they can steal cameras and stuff FROM bags, who's to say that they can't put {insert something really bad here} INTO bags? Isn’t it amazing that at an area that is so secure (to keep planes from hitting buildings and the like), that these thieves had the ability to do this? If they can steal cameras and stuff FROM bags, who’s to say that they can’t put {insert something really bad here} INTO bags?

]]> By: Stephen Hayes http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232/comment-page-1#comment-44672 Stephen Hayes Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:11:47 +0000 http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232#comment-44672 Wow... i hate it just when my Baggage doesnt make it to the airport for 30 mins... i would hate for something like this to happen..... Wow… i hate it just when my Baggage doesnt make it to the airport for 30 mins… i would hate for something like this to happen…..

]]> By: Terry http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232/comment-page-1#comment-44607 Terry Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:12:18 +0000 http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232#comment-44607 This is why I always carry my camera on. The airlines can lose my clothes but I will not let them lose my camera! I used to fly on Southwest Airlines from Orlando to Albuquerque and back on a weekly basis for about a year for work. I had upgraded to a Canon 20D just before the traveling started so I bought I a Hardigg Storm Case so it would be locked and well protected if the airline did make me check it. While going through security was a lot of fun they never did make me check it. In reply to Fish: Every TSA lock I used on my suit cases was cut off by security. They were the key kind so I wish I would have known to get a combo one three years ago! I also agree with you on taking the brand names off of camera bags. It is just a large "steal me" sticker. I covered up the Storm Case logo with some tape just for that reason. I just got a new Nikon bag that holds my DSLR and laptop but I am going to leave the Nikon tag on it for awhile. I just want to see the looks of horror on the faces of Nikon fan-boys at Photoshop World this week when I pull my Canon 20D out of it. :) -- Cheers. This is why I always carry my camera on. The airlines can lose my clothes but I will not let them lose my camera! I used to fly on Southwest Airlines from Orlando to Albuquerque and back on a weekly basis for about a year for work. I had upgraded to a Canon 20D just before the traveling started so I bought I a Hardigg Storm Case so it would be locked and well protected if the airline did make me check it. While going through security was a lot of fun they never did make me check it.

In reply to Fish:

Every TSA lock I used on my suit cases was cut off by security. They were the key kind so I wish I would have known to get a combo one three years ago!

I also agree with you on taking the brand names off of camera bags. It is just a large “steal me” sticker. I covered up the Storm Case logo with some tape just for that reason. I just got a new Nikon bag that holds my DSLR and laptop but I am going to leave the Nikon tag on it for awhile. I just want to see the looks of horror on the faces of Nikon fan-boys at Photoshop World this week when I pull my Canon 20D out of it. :)

– Cheers.

]]> By: Dan http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232/comment-page-1#comment-44555 Dan Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:15:52 +0000 http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232#comment-44555 I immediately had to go look up Canon 28-135mm to make sure I hadn't missed that they offered a f/2.8!!!! NOT! Scott - I love ya!! I immediately had to go look up Canon 28-135mm to make sure I hadn’t missed that they offered a f/2.8!!!!

NOT!

Scott – I love ya!!

]]> By: Josh http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232/comment-page-1#comment-44526 Josh Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:35:31 +0000 http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232#comment-44526 Wait...Canon makes a 28-135 f/2.8? Wait…Canon makes a 28-135 f/2.8?

]]> By: Steven Frischling http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232/comment-page-1#comment-44511 Steven Frischling Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:43:42 +0000 http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232#comment-44511 Anthony, While FedEx/UPS/DHL are a great idea in some cases, there are many instances where photographers are traveling point-to-point-to-point. In these cases,which is common for me, there is no hotel to ship to, and it is impossible to part with your gear for the down day. An example of this for me is coming up in a few days. On April 9th I fly out to to shoot an urban-landscape job in Philadelphia, PA; on April 10th I am shooting an urban-landscape job in Frankfurt, Germany; on April 11th I am shooting an environmental engagement session/bridal session in Hong Kong; on April 12th I am in Incheon, Tokyo and home (Connecticut). I am spending not one night in a hotel, I'll sleep on planes in my 3 day, 20,000 mile, journey around the world. Checking baggage is out of the question and using a global shipping company is impossible. There are alternatives to full size tripods.I have found I like the UltraPodII and it can hold some significant weight. Bogen/Manfrotto recently sent me the Manfrotto 345 compact travel tripod which is ultra compact, incredible stable and can hold a Canon 1D body with 85f1.2 attached! Not the same as a full-size tripod, but I am bringing it with me on my journey. I plan on using this kit with my 24f3.5 Tilt-Shift lens on a Canon 5D body. Happy Flying! -Fish www.flyingwithfish.com Anthony,

While FedEx/UPS/DHL are a great idea in some cases, there are many instances where photographers are traveling point-to-point-to-point. In these cases,which is common for me, there is no hotel to ship to, and it is impossible to part with your gear for the down day.

An example of this for me is coming up in a few days. On April 9th I fly out to to shoot an urban-landscape job in Philadelphia, PA; on April 10th I am shooting an urban-landscape job in Frankfurt, Germany; on April 11th I am shooting an environmental engagement session/bridal session in Hong Kong; on April 12th I am in Incheon, Tokyo and home (Connecticut).

I am spending not one night in a hotel, I’ll sleep on planes in my 3 day, 20,000 mile, journey around the world. Checking baggage is out of the question and using a global shipping company is impossible.

There are alternatives to full size tripods.I have found I like the UltraPodII and it can hold some significant weight. Bogen/Manfrotto recently sent me the Manfrotto 345 compact travel tripod which is ultra compact, incredible stable and can hold a Canon 1D body with 85f1.2 attached! Not the same as a full-size tripod, but I am bringing it with me on my journey. I plan on using this kit with my 24f3.5 Tilt-Shift lens on a Canon 5D body.

Happy Flying!

-Fish
http://www.flyingwithfish.com

]]> By: Anthony Lindner http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232/comment-page-1#comment-44494 Anthony Lindner Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:43:58 +0000 http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1232#comment-44494 The best option if you know that you are going to have to check something ahead of time is to UPS or Fedex it to the hotel you are going to be staying at. This way you can insure the value of the package and you get a tracking number which you can use to find out who signed for the package. Also, calling the hotel and letting them know that you are going to be shipping them a package is a good idea. This way they can link the package with your reservation. Theft and damage are still an issue here, but at least the package is insured and you can make a claim against it. The best option if you know that you are going to have to check something ahead of time is to UPS or Fedex it to the hotel you are going to be staying at. This way you can insure the value of the package and you get a tracking number which you can use to find out who signed for the package. Also, calling the hotel and letting them know that you are going to be shipping them a package is a good idea. This way they can link the package with your reservation. Theft and damage are still an issue here, but at least the package is insured and you can make a claim against it.

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