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Jess_H · 25 Apr 2011 at 21:44

I'm off to Australia in the next few days and am taking my Canon EOS 1000D with me, however, I've never travelled with it before. It's obviously going as hand luggage and is in a bag with 2 lenses, my compact and all related chargers. My query is this: do I put it through the x-ray machines?? I've taken laptop's and they've been through it before, along with HDD's but, never anything other than my compact, just wondering if it's going to affect the camera or anything at all or if I can avoid it should I?

Thanks

Razor-BladE · 25 Apr 2011 at 21:50

How would you pass with it not going through x-ray?
In any case, mine's been through 6+ x-ray machines and there's nothing wrong with it.

K.C. Leblanc · 25 Apr 2011 at 21:50

I didn't have any issues after putting my DSLR through the x ray machines on Eurostar.

Jess_H · 25 Apr 2011 at 21:53

Razoe-BladE, I've no idea how I'd be able to manage it, just wondered if it was possible really. Thanks for your quick responses, looks like it's having a trip along a conveyer belt!

Thanks again

The_TailGunner · 26 Apr 2011 at 01:54

ive put a 1000d through xray machines several times with no ill effect

Gaffer · 26 Apr 2011 at 05:58

Jess_H said:
My query is this: do I put it through the x-ray machines??

You might worry about putting FILM through X-RAY. Particularly if you are going to do it lots of times or go through airports with ancient machines.

But it is irrelevant to your Digital SLR. Don't worry about it at all.

Andrew

bigredshark · 26 Apr 2011 at 16:54

Gaffer said:
You might worry about putting FILM through X-RAY.

You basically can insist on having that hand inspected, that news doesn't appear to have made it through to the monkeys though, so having a printed copy of the airports policy on hand is usually helpful. *

Only relevant with film though, digital will be fine.

* Heathrow have actually started insisting they'll only inspect 'professional' film above ASA800 now, I've argued about that with them with some success and had ASA400 films inspected before by being reasonable. Interestingly the TSA in the US are on paper more reasonable and you can insist on having film hand inspected pretty much as you wish, again, carrying a piece of paper confirming that is recommended..