Lens put in Aircraft Hold

RoryW

Ok running late from work for airport so wife heads to Airport first with luggage so that it will be checked in on time.

Throws all my stuff in suitcase for me (very helpful) and off she goes leaving me to just drop into house, change and bring camera bag with me.

Arrive home to find camera bag and no 24-70 lens which had been sitting amongst everything separately.

The black pouch for the lends was mistaken for a wash bag and the lens has been put in suitcase and checked in for luggage.:eek:

Whats the probability of damage from being in aircraft hold with all the "throwing around" that happens with luggage on planes and in airports ?

Building up courage to test it later.....

pullandbang

I'd be more worried about it being stolen. Some baggage handlers are very adept at opening and closing cases quickly without leaving a trace.

Hope everything goes ok for you.

CabanSail

Chances are you will be OK.

I am having these thoughts myself lately. I will have to move my Camera Gear back to Australia when I go. I think some of it will have to go into the Hold Luggage. When I moved here my gear consisted of a Nikon D70S, an 18-70 Kit lens & the 70-300 lens.
Going back I have;

D70s, 18-55VR & 70-300, Sigma Flash.
D300, Sigma 10-20mm, 50mm, 85mm, 18-200mmVR, 70-200VR f2.8, SB600
Canon EOS650 & Kit Lens
Canon G9 & spare batteries.
Nikon F4S & 20mm
Manfrotto Tripod, Manfrotto Monopod & Gorrillapod.
Assorted Filters, diffusers & leads.

That lot is not going to fit in as Hand Luggage.

magicbastarder

if you ever bring camera gear through the airport, check it before you leave the plane for damage, if you brought it on as hand luggage, or before you go through customs, if you booked it on.

a friend got stung in the first instance - lens had been damaged, probably by someone else throwing a bag into the overhead locker, but he couldn't get compensation from the airline as he'd left the airport before he noticed.

SinisterDexter

I think you should leave some of that gear behind Caban, I know of a perfect place to store them - namely my apartment :P
Would bubble wrap not suffice against dropping and throwing?

CabanSail

I think I am going to embrace Nudism .... that way I can dedicate all my luggage to Camera Gear

stcstc

might be worth buy one of the hard cases


they have a pressure valve for controling pressure in a plane hold

tractortom

I never put mine in the hold, as I heard of this happen before

Rb

OP, I just hope that either it's a hard-case suitcase like a samsonite or that the lens is somewhere in the middle, cushioned between the clothes.

Hope it works out ok anyway, worst comes to worst you should be able to claim it on your travel insurance if something is wrong with it.

Fenster

I'd sooner let my kids ride in the hold than I would let my camera kit ride in there. Unless my kids were being bad...

Effects

magicbastarder wrote: »

if you ever bring camera gear through the airport, check it before you leave the plane for damage, if you brought it on as hand luggage, or before you go through customs, if you booked it on.

a friend got stung in the first instance - lens had been damaged, probably by someone else throwing a bag into the overhead locker, but he couldn't get compensation from the airline as he'd left the airport before he noticed.

I doubt he would have been entitled to compensation regardless. It's not the airlines fault if someone else damages your camera equipment on the plane. What's to stop me bringing a broken lens on with me and claiming someone must have broken it when they put their bag in the overhead locker.
I always make sure nobody shoves anything in beside my camera bag when I fly.

cnocbui

I have had to check the bulk of my camera gear in on several occasions. I don't have a camera bag but use a custom fitted Pelican case. I just put the whole thing inside a soft sided suitcase.

No problems - apart from weight - and no damage.

These days I have a hard sided aluminium suitcase. It would still be a worry these days as I was coming back from Switzerland a couple years ago and put my laptop in my sons suitcase - also aluminium and built like a tank.

When we got back, there were noticeable scratches and marks around the main combination lock area so someone tried to open it. They didn't succeed

You can get special tamper-proof seals - like a fancy cable tie - that you can use on luggage which will show straight away if it has been opened. Might be useful in conjunction with travel insurance.

When I have had to check in my camera gear and used a soft suitcase, I have just used ordinary cable ties to secure the zips, which would likely tell me if someone had opened it.

sineadw

How'd it go Rory?

RoryW

sineadw wrote: »

How'd it go Rory?

still married and lens ok

all i need now is some decent weather to take some photos......

sineadw

RoryW wrote: »

still married and lens ok

all i need now is some decent weather to take some photos......

Phew!