Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 4/3/04 8:10:42 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org writes: > > Ted, > > This kind of thing really gets to me.? Just reading your story gets my > > blood boiling.? Obviously, some ham-handed TSA screener decided that > > your locked M7s constituted a threat. > > > I think one thing needs to be said -- make sure your cameras are unlocked when you ship them this way, and not just the case, but the cameras themselves -- if the guy who is unschooled in the way of every camera's operation can't make it work, he's going to wonder if it really is a camera. yes, it's wrong, yes, he should know how to work the camera, but no, they don't. Every camera works differently, there are a zillion of them out there, trusting them to know how to make your camera work so they can be sure it is not an explosive is asking a bit much. so make sure the camera can be shown to operated by someone who doesn't know how, or ship it another way. Considering the potential grief if something goes wrong, is it not reasonable to fedex it to yourself in your destination? Or do as I do, carry your gear on, Inconvenient, yes, but that's the reality. Too much to carry? Time to trim load or ship it another way. c trentelman