Airport: Am I gonna have problems with my Pentax spotmeter?

[Markok765]

It has the shape of a weirdly shaped pistol. Do you think I'll have problems?

I need it because I can't guess low light.

 

[IloveTLRs]

Maybe if you tell them beforehand

 

[Peter Spangenberg]

I travel with mine in a carry on with no problems. The entire camera case always gets a special search, but never a problem with the meter.

 

[Markok765]

So I shouldn't worry?

 

[BradS]

Just tell them in a very loud voice "It's not a gun or a bomb or anything!" Repeat this until they understand.

 

[sun of sand]

I don't believe you'll have any problems at all but I am taking note of your name, e-mail and every IP thats given under your posts.

What kind of name is Markok again?

 

[Markok765]

It's Marko. The K is the first letter of my last name.

 

[mrtoml]

I have travelled through Heathrow, London at the height of the terrorist scares with a gun-shaped spotmeter in my carry-on bag and never once had it checked. I thought it would cause a problem at the time, but it didn't.

 

[Ian Grant]

Over the years I've travelled regularly with my spotmeters, they can tell exactly what they are on the scans, its more unusual objects they question.

I had security ask to see my Wista at Izmir once, and that was more out of interest to see the camera, as they'd never seen anything like it before, and in Chile at Santiago Airport they couldn't recognise my 6x17 camera, the attached cable release didn't help.

Ian

 

[eddym]

They always open my case when the spotmeter is inside. They take a look at it, then pass it on with no problem.

 

[ehparis]

Just tell them in a very loud voice "It's not a gun or a bomb or anything!" Repeat this until they understand.

LOL