Re: [Leica] China

["Eric Ho" <eric.ho@computer.org>]

Hi, all:

I traveled to China a lot and I have never had problem carrying cameras in
and out.

Hope this helps!

eh

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Gareth Jolly <garethjolly@bigpond.com>
To: LUG <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 5:40 PM
Subject: [Leica] China


> Skip wrote
>
> >Leaving for China on medical transport via Cathay Pacific and just
> wondering
> >about taking M6 with me.  Will I have problems in and out of customs?
Any
> >safety precautions or advice is greatly appreciated.
>
>
> I went to China a month ago and intend posting a short travelogue soon,
with
> some links to pictures (once I've developed all the rolls).
>
> Not much I can add to what has been said except that:
>
> 1. I had no difficulty in getting hand inspections of film at any airport
in
> China (and I went to about 6) - nothwithstanding the language barrier.  If
> questioned, I just said 'Special film'.  I carried the film in a plastic
> bag, without cannisters, in a lead bag.  The plastic bag and removal of
> cannisters was to make inspection easy.  The lead bag was just in case I
had
> to send to film through the x ray.
>
> 2.  I generally found the main cities of China to be fairly safe - with
the
> exception of a dodgy area in Xian - and I went through some quite poor
> areas, M6 in hand.  Normal precautions apply though and I suppose I might
> just have been lucky in who I encountered.
>
> 3.  Insurance for my M6 cost a fortune and I found an exclusion of
liability
> in the policy if I failed to lock it in a hotel safe.  Worth checking your
> policy
>
> Regards
> Gareth Jolly
>
>