>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
I imagine that you could pack enough plastic explosive inside an emptied
out lens barrel to do serious damage to an aircraft.
Winsor
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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