[pure-silver] Re: Yosemite
- From: Dave Hornford <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:18:42 -0600
Bogan,
I check the Sinar in an appropriate case and carry the film
Only problem was Calgary-Toronto-Washington, but then all checked luggage to
Washington gets opened
There the biggest concern was with the APC spare battery for the iPod
I'm just never sure what to say about the whiskey on the
London-Toronto-US-Calgary trips with a bottle of Bunnahabhain from Terminal
5 and a bottle of something else I can't get in Calgary from wherever I was.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bogdan Karasek" <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 11:45 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Yosemite
> Hi Justin,
>
> I just got back this morning from Death Valley; took the red eye from
> Vegas with a transfer in Toronto. I'm still in recovery mode, so I'll
> be brief. you don't want to be lugging a 4x5 with you when you are
> flying. I imagine that to get to Yosemite, you will have to take at
> least two flights each way, which means that each time you are getting
> on an airplane, they will take your camera bag apart, including your
> hiking boots, belt, watch, spare coins hidden in the recesses of a
> pocket and when you are tired from lugging all that equipement around,
> you do not feel very co-operative. Vegas was fine, OK. The flight
> left at 23:20pm and there was only one other flight leaving from
> terminal Two so everything was very relaxed. But they are thorough.
> After the camera bag had gone through the scanning machine, they took
> out my two Yashica-mats and X-rayed each one. Roll film they
> understand, but 4x5 sheet film can be a hassle, so save yourself a lot
> of frustration, and it can get very frustrating if it is very very
> crowded, as when I had to change flights in Toronto. Everybody from
> Vegas and elsewhere was getting a connecting flight in Toronto to
> someplace else in Canada, so the security system was stretched to the
> limits and then some. I can just see the metal wires on your
> darkslides setting the machines off and they will want to know why.
> Unless, you run into somebody who knows about darkslides and how they
> work, you might have to land up pulling the slide and exposing the
> film. And of course, there is a crowd behind you that is in a hurry
> because they want to get a coffee before making their connecting flight
> and you are slowing them down. I was in the unfortunate situation where
> I had removed all metal objects from my clothes, metal snaps had been
> accounted for and the walk through detector was still going off. Then,
> I realized the problem. I had a hip replacement several years ago and
> have a piece of titanium in my thigh bone. Would they believe me. NO!
> Into a private room and I had to show them my scar and they ran the
> metal detector over it and were finally satisfied that the metal was
> inside my hip. After not sleeping all night on the red-eye, I was
> ready to give them a piece of my mind, but I bite my tongue. Wouldn't
> have helped any.
>
> Stick with the Hassies; less of a hassle and you don't have to open up
> your 4x5 to show and explain that it is a camera; and then the film
> holders.... another can of worms to avoid.
>
> And this obsession with removing your shoes; fine if you are wearing
> sandals but I was wearing ankle high hiking boots.
>
> Do yourself a favour, Justin, bring the hassies and you'll enjoy the
> trip more.
>
> More on Death Valley tomorrow. But I will add that the haze was very
> bad because of the smoke from the brush fires in the Bay Area. There
> was a just a pall hanging over the valley. At one point, you could
> barely make out the Panamint range from Dante's View; it was that
> bad. And the humidity was high, on Tuesday it was 17% where it should
> normally be around 2-3%.
>
> But despite the 120°F heat, it was all worth it! It was everything
> everybody said it would be and even more to my mind. it's not just
> about the photography......
>
> Have yourself a great trip, Justin.
>
> Cheers,
> Bogdan
>
> Justin F. Knotzke wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Since you were all so kind in helping my fellow Montrealer Bogdan,
> >I'd like to ask for similar advice.
> >
> > We are heading off to Yosemite for two full days in August. We've
> >found ourselves a nice B&B to stay. Given that we have never been and
> >also given that we aren't camping. Could people suggest what we should
> >aim for in terms of photo shoots ? I haven't decided if I should lug
> >the 4x5 with me yet or just the Hasselblad.. Either way, I am open to
> >full suggestions.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > J
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> ________________________________________________________________
> Bogdan Karasek
> Montréal, Québec bogdan(at)bogdanphoto.com
> Canada www.bogdanphoto.com
>
> "I bear witness"
> ________________________________________________________________
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