Garth wrote:
> Well, before this latest unpleasantness in the U.K., my wife and I were
> planning on flying to Gatwick airport in September, spening five or six
> days in Blighty, and then traveling on by Eurorail to France to visit my
> relatives in Normandy.
>
> I was, of course, going to take my E-1. Now I'm not so sure.
>
> First, it looks like electronic devices of all descriptions are banned
> from carry-on luggage, which means I'd have to check the E-1 in regular
> baggage. Like I'm gonna do that! There's approximately a 1.0
> probability that the camera would be either (a) destroyed or damaged
> beyond operability or (b) stolen by thieves known to be working in the
> various baggage-handling facilities at airports in Canada or Britain.
> Flight insurance wouldn't even come close to covering the costs of
> replacing the camera.
>
> Second, it might even be the case that *all* carry-on baggage will be
> banned, which simply makes my first point above with emphasis.
>
I'm concerned about this as well, and I live down here in the
You-Ess-of-Aye.
My wife and I are scheduled to take a cruise out of Miami in December.
I planned on taking the E1 and two DZ lenses, plus flash. I also
planned on taking my new MacBook Pro (which I plan on acquiring in
October) for photos and shipboard internet stuff.
There's no way in hell that I'm going to check $2000 worth of camera and
$3000 worth of computer. Nope. Ain't gonna happen. Hell, I had a
nice, colorful Hooters Air luggage tag cut off my suitcase in either
Santo Domingo, DR or San Juan, PR this past Junt...think they won't
swipe $5k worth of electronics? Or simply throw them hard enough that
they'll be unusable at the other end? Not to mention that I suffer from
sleep apnea and always carry a cpap machine on vacation so i can sleep.
That ain't getting checked, either. The other option is to pack all
my stuff in large carboard cartons, foamed in place. Sure, it will
require a delivery truck on the other end.
And I'm not shooting the whole damn vacation with cardboard disposable
cameras.
It's a 20-hour drive to Miami from Chicago. We're seriously considering
packing up the Honda Insight and driving down there. It's the drive
back that's gonna really suck, since we'll get home about an hour before
we have to go into work...
--
Paul Braun
Valparaiso, IN
"There's a fine line between stupid, and clever." - David St. Hubbins
"Enjoy every sandwich." - Warren Zevon
"The Fountain of Youth is a state of mind." - The Ides of March
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