 James E. McKinney |
Air Travel with Digital I am taking a trip next week and was wondering about taking my Canon 10D on the plane. I'm not comfortable w/leaving it in my luggage (to possibly get lost). What precautions do I need to take?
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John Wright |
I handled it by getting insurance (very reasonable $30/year) and by carrying my equipment with me (camera backpack).
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James E. McKinney |
I have a camera backpack that I was going to use, but will the equipment be OK going through the airport machines?
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Jon Close |
Keep it with you - in your carry-on luggage or around your neck. The carry-on X-ray machine has no effect on digital cameras or storage media, put it through. I wouldn't trust the metal detector/magnetometers to not harm digital storage media like Compact Flash cards, so I'd put them through the X-ray rather than keep in my pockets.
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John Wright |
I had no problem with the airport machines. In fact, the ones they use for carry-on are supposedly not as damaging as the ones they use to scan items that get checked (at least that's what I've read). In any case, I have had no issues with either traveling with both film and digital equipment.
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