Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/02

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Subject: [Leica] Rapidwinder warning
From: lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth)
Date: Fri Mar 2 13:17:39 2007

This occurred to me about 5 years ago while I was waiting to go through
security. Since then I've travelled will the standard base plate on the
camera and the Rapidwinder in the check-in luggage.

Steve



On 2/3/07 21:12, "John Collier" <jbcollier@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Oh dear, now They know...
> 
> Damn,
> 
> John
> 
> On 2-Mar-07, at 12:28 PM, mak@teleport.com wrote:
> 
>> I have had to beg to be allowed to mail my Rapidwinder home...
>> 
>> And a baseplateless Leica M4-P was pretty useless for the rest of
>> the trip
>> 
>> 
>>> From: John Collier
>>> 
>>> I was traveling with a rapidwinder in my carry-on luggage. The
>>> security chaps only searched the bag once but they did flick a finger
>>> at the rapidwinder trigger. Mercifully, it did not come up! I put it
>>> in my check luggage (not secure by any means) on the way home. Just a
>>> cautionary tale.



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