Same for me when I flew from US to Frankfurt, West Germany in 1979. The
security people in Germany had me trip the shutter and advance the film in
my loaded OM-1.
Charlie
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 11:19 PM, C.H.Ling <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In a flight on 1996 from Munich to Hong Kong, when I was going through the
> security check the guy asked me to shot a frame with my camera. Then I wind
> my OM4Ti and took a shot. I think this was the shot I took:
>
> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/1996-12E-28s.jpg
>
>
> C.H.Ling
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
> What about non-electronic cameras?
>>
>> Are Leica M film cameras likely to be given a hard time ?
>>
>> jh
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>
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