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Subject: [Leica] Anybody still register camera gear with customs?
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:49:55 +0200
References: <51B550D1.3030801@jayburleson.com> <0371AE05-9424-40BA-B1A9-C73E545FAE53@frozenlight.eu> <F40335BF-6891-4C18-BC5D-A4BE170E2D5B@acm.org>

OK, but then FWIW, I have been in the US four or five times in the last 3 
years, and in no US airports or arrival was I ever asked about my camera bag 
and its contents. The only thing they seem to worry about is food from 
overseas (and I carry my US passport when travelling to the US, so I get US 
citizen treatment).

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/

YNWA









On Jun 10, 2013, at 8:40 AM, Herbert Kanner wrote:

> Nathan,
> 
> My recollection is that the purpose of the form was to prove on returning 
> to the U.S. that you did not buy the equipment abroad on the current trip, 
> that you owned it when you left the U.S. I have no idea whether it is 
> still standard practice.
> 
> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
> 
> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 9, 2013, at 9:33 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
> 
>> You certainly will not need it on this end unless you are flying to some 
>> dodgy place like Moldova.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>> 
>> YNWA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 10, 2013, at 6:06 AM, Jay Burleson wrote:
>> 
>>> In the 80's & 90's I had a US Customs form 4457 "Certificate of 
>>> registration for personal effects taken abroad", which had my Leica and 
>>> large format gear description & serial numbers recorded.
>>> Now I have all new gear, and will be heading for Europe soon.
>>> I was wondering if Luggers (US citizens) traveling overseas still find 
>>> this necessary?
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> -- 
>>> Jay,
>>> 
>>> Jay Burleson Gallery <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/>
>>> "A photographer is simply someone who is
>>> looking for something that can't be found.
>>> The photograph is the record of that attempt."
>>> 
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