Posted by David Clapp on April 27, 2009 at 4:46 AM
Hello all, I know most of you are wildlife shooters, but I hope this might help...
http://www.davidclapp.co.uk/travel_thinktank.php
If you are planning some international flights this summer and wondering how to get your precious camera gear on the plane as hand luggage, you might want to have a good read. Discussing the pros and cons of three 'systems' I use for travel, with weights, sizes and a look at why my knees will pack up in the end! I pay particular emphasis to the 'tardis' called the ThinkTank Airport Acceleration v2.0 which has been the answer to a lot of my travel problems.
There is also advice on what to pack where, pooling hand luggage and how to survive the worst thing happening, your hold luggage going missing. It all comes from ironing out problems and nerve wracking experiences over the last three years of travel. I am sure many wildlife shooters have a different regime, but I hope this is food for thought.
Many thanks...
Just back from a long weekend in Spain, I was looking at the Think Tank range before going to hold my Oly 300mm lens, their ultralightweight Airport version caught my eye it has less padding but is very light for a camera bag (equals more kit if restricted by 10kgs baggage allowance)
As David identified, and for anyone travelling in Europe just to re-enforce this, Easyjet have now lifted their weight limit on cabin baggage (within reason - whatever that means). It is extremely difficult getting any serious big gun telephoto and camera plus associated chargers etc below the 10kg limit still used by most budget european airlines. Easyjet offer a refreshing change in their customer care, bigger baggage allowance and quick check-in methodology although their over zealous boarding system still sucks.
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If you are planning some international flights this summer and wondering how to get your precious camera gear on the plane as hand luggage, you might want to have a good read. Discussing the pros and cons of three 'systems' I use for travel, with weights, sizes and a look at why my knees will pack up in the end! I pay particular emphasis to the 'tardis' called the ThinkTank Airport Acceleration v2.0 which has been the answer to a lot of my travel problems.
There is also advice on what to pack where, pooling hand luggage and how to survive the worst thing happening, your hold luggage going missing. It all comes from ironing out problems and nerve wracking experiences over the last three years of travel. I am sure many wildlife shooters have a different regime, but I hope this is food for thought.
Many thanks...
David
Dave
Thanks for the info.
As David identified, and for anyone travelling in Europe just to re-enforce this, Easyjet have now lifted their weight limit on cabin baggage (within reason - whatever that means). It is extremely difficult getting any serious big gun telephoto and camera plus associated chargers etc below the 10kg limit still used by most budget european airlines. Easyjet offer a refreshing change in their customer care, bigger baggage allowance and quick check-in methodology although their over zealous boarding system still sucks.