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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 7:55 pm
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Originally Posted by uncertaintraveler
You may not NEED to, but I got severely hassled in Las Vegas for not doing so.
3/14--they didn't give a hoot about a DSLR in my carry-on. It was locked with a non-TSA lock, if they wanted to have a look they would have had to ask me.
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 7:56 pm
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Originally Posted by guloxi
I put my rather expensive Canon in my rollaboard and have never had a second look from the x-ray folks. I put it inside the rollaboard so it isn't considered an extra carryon and doesn't look like a camera, and hopefully won't draw extra attention from others standing around the x-ray exit belt.

Works for me, anyway.
That's my thought, also. I don't want my equipment to look like camera equipment.
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