Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian, smart to not make waves, I'm sure. I'm glad you got it sorted out. This doesn't happen with M7s you know. At least no-one was putting on rubber gloves for a body search ;-) Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- Subject: [Leica] M8 battery airport adventure I'm traveling with an M8 kit that includes 4 Leica brand M8 batteries. A few minutes ago I was pulled aside from the airport security check in the Frankfurt airport and taken downstairs in the B Wing of Terminal 1 to a little room where they do serious explosives checks. It took them at least 20 minutes to convince themselves that (a) the batteries were genuine Leica merchandise, and (b) it was not packed with explosives. They had no interest in the camera or the lenses, but the batteries worried them to death. They didn't know enough about M8s to know there was another battery inside it, so they didn't check that one. I think the security manager was not aware that Leica made digital cameras and so the idea that a Leica would need 3 extra batteries was very puzzling to him. They wouldn't let me touch it while they were examining it, and my German isn't good enough for me to succeed in explaining exotic details like "If you take off the baseplate you will see that it is not a film camera". Right now I'm in the United Red Carpet lounge, having given up trying to get Deutsche Telekom to accept my US T-Mobile wireless account and been forced to buy a 1-hour access pass to read my email. I suspect that if I'd tried to take a picture of any of the worried security people I'd be in jail right now. Brian Reid _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information