JWHays@xxxxxxx moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:
> Recently I have had a new twist at domestic airport security check points. I
> carry 2 Oly cameras and assorted lenses, flashes, etc in small Tamrac backpack
> as a carry on. The last 2 flights, as the backpack moves through the bag
> check, the operators eyebrows have raised and the next thing you know they are
> asking me what's inside and I am at the table openning the backpack up for
A cow-orker here has a sidleline in airport X-rays.
He says the machines are calibrated to trigger on objects of certain
densities and atomic number.
I guess an OM lens looks closer to a gunbarrel than does a
modern plastic toy lens. :-)
cjb
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