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Re: [OM] Heads up for travellers to Europe: charge your thingies

Subject: Re: [OM] Heads up for travellers to Europe: charge your thingies
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 18:20:24 +0200
I thought of that. I imagine they would ask you to open the back and show them 
the film ;-)

Nathan Wajsman
photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Den 12/07/2014 kl. 17.57 skrev John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> What about non-electronic cameras?
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> Are Leica M film cameras likely to be given a hard time ?
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> jh
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> On 7/12/2014 9:35 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> As you may know, last week the US asked European airports with direct 
>> flights to the US to put in place additional security precautions in light 
>> of a terrorist threat that has been picked up. The focus seems to be on 
>> electronic devices, and supposedly at some airport if your device will not 
>> turn on (because the battery is dead, for example), then it will not travel.
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>> Different airport have implemented different things. I passed through Rome 
>> and Munich last week, both of which have flights to the US. In Rome, they 
>> simply had a separate security screening for passengers to the US. Since I 
>> was flying to Munich, this did not apply to me, and the screening for me was 
>> normal. But when flying home from Munich yesterday, I was asked to turn on 
>> my camera and take a picture with it, and the agent also looked through each 
>> of my lenses. Not a big deal, since I keep my cameras charged so I can take 
>> pictures, but just a note of caution.
>> 
>> Funny enough, I was NOT asked to turn on my iPad, computer or iPod.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
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>> 
>> YNWA
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