[Leica] Re: camera bags and theft

[Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>]

You have to be careful with labels.

Labels like "Bio Hazard", "Radioactive", "Contamination Danger" can cause
problems in public areas and public transportation. Airlines will NOT allow
such labeled bags on board. The best labels for cases of photo equipment,
that you are worried about, is anything to do with a morgue or pathology
lab, such as "embalming instruments", "autopsy tools", "casket material
samples", "pathology lab samples", etc... Stuff that is not a hazard, yet
people don't want any part of it.

Jim

At 10:52 AM 6/4/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Someone gave me a tip, based on how another person allegedly labelled his
>hard camera case to discourage theft.  It had bright orange stickers with
>skull and crossbones marked "Contamination Danger.  Biological Specimens". 
>I've been tempted to use this, but have worried about bringing carry-on
>luggage marked in this fashion, to say nothing of what might happen in
>customs.
>
>Generally, I use expensive equipment where security risks seem low.  When
>travelling in other areas, I take equipment that I can afford to lose. 
>Last year, this meant taking those "once in a lifetime" photos in Cambodia
>with a cheap Rollei 35 clone and an old medium format folder.  On the plus
>side, I got a lot of shots of things that I wouldn't have gotten if I were
>worried about somebody coveting my expensive equipment.
>
>Mark
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