"tim" wrote:

"James Robinson" wrote:

"Larry in Berkeley" wrote:

If you are travelling by air with a film camera, don't forget that
now all airlines require cameras to be in checked luggage, not
carried on board.

You can still carry cameras aboard on flights originating in the USA.
The only place in the world that restricts you are flights
originating in the UK.

As of today this restriction has been removed.

There will apparently be a few days whilst the airports
discourage it, but HMG have officially now allowed them again.

Actually, it becomes effective tomorrow (Tuesday AM) at Heathrow and
Gatwick, according to the BBC. The BAA has yet to update their web site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4789593.stm