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How do you fly? Check in RED case?

XiaoSu Han

XiaoSu Han

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Hi!

I am about to fly quite a long distance with the RED and I wanted to ask if it's safe to check in those big RED cases?

Anyone got experience on that?

Thanks!
 
Hand carry the camera, EVF, a battery and recording media, in a soft bag, the basic kit you need to shoot. There are three hazards in checking the camera as baggage:
1) they lose it
2) they break it
3) they steal it

In any of these instances, you are screwed when you get to your location. You can almost always scare up the rest of the kit you need, but if you lose the camera, you are out of business.
 
We did a shoot last spring...30 flights in 45 days. From Wyoming to Chile to Indonesia to Africa.

Checked the cameras every time with absolutely no issues.

If you have good travel case...fear not.

Ours were rigidized aluminum.

Just the body.
 
I am glad you had good luck. I had just one leg. well actually the producer
booked a connector flight for the second leg. I carried the camera but the
rest never made the connector. had to rent what I needed. got it back three
days after I got home. amazing.
 
phaz said:
I am glad you had good luck. I had just one leg. well actually the producer
booked a connector flight for the second leg. I carried the camera but the
rest never made the connector. had to rent what I needed. got it back three
days after I got home. amazing.
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We tried to put on a carry on package that would allow us to shoot bare bones if we needed to, but carry on weight limits are just too low! We felt there was greater risk in finding out that a particular airline had a different carry on weight limit and as a result would tell us we couldn't carry it on.
 
thanks for the experience

i think i'm going to carry the body and hard disks in carry-on and leave everything else in the pelicases.

thanks!
 
1. find out which airlines are more generous with carry on weights (tables online)
2. put as much as possible in carry on (see GIBBY BACKPACK THREAD)
3. bring a friend

Matt Garrett and I managed to have pretty much everything essential with us on carry-on when going to Japan.

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com
 
As an alternate voice to dmacleod's clearly seasoned experience, we, in the past 4 years, have had both #'s 1 & 3 happen to cameras and other equipment. Far to easy for a camera case to conveniently fall off the conveyor belt somewhere out of sight. These days, we always carry on at least the camera and essentials.
 
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I go everywhere with this and people are amazed how a red one with a lot of accessories can fit in this backpack.
 
I used to check everything. Now I'm hyper sensitive to stuff getting lost or stolen (have just had a bunch of stuff stolen back in June)
I carry on cameras and lenses now.
I'm thinking of getting the Lowe product on wheels.
Cheers,
Harry
 
I've flown my Red numerous times as checked luggage in a flight case with no issues whatsoever. If you have a connecting flight and there is no local backup available I would try to carry on essential shooting items also, luggage tends to get delayed for a day or 2 on a quick changeover, especially in Heathrow and O'Hare.
Rule of thumb:
Direct flight: check in luggage
Connecting flight: carry on essentials

If you check in Camera equipment, check them in at oversize and watch them being inspected.
 
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