So, I know you shouldn't put your camera in plane luggage...

I would have thought extremely unlikely to be a problem. The big problem with putting your camera in plane luggage is not the altitude but the uncaring goons and crooks that move the bags around behind the scenes at airports.
 
foodpoison said:
Nah, I mean, the problem with putting your luggage is the low pressure which causes your camera to die, and spill its guts out of the body.
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I know that's what you were getting at :). I was saying air pressure isn't a problem. Definitely not with cameras. Even the top of the range weather sealed lenses don't have a problem with this AFAIK.
 
I never knew that.
I know going on a plane turns my mobile phone on randomly, lol!
 
I think baggage handlers are like the Yeti. No one has ever seen one, yet you always find their footprints on your suitcases.........
 
I have worked "airside" at a couple of airports (not as a handler I must say), and to be honest I would never put anything of great value in luggage, or use an expensive case.:thumbsdown: As has been said, not much care is taken with luggage (in certain areas) once it is checked in and out of sight.
 
I travelled on the day all the problems with carrying liquids on flights kicked off. Only managed to get on the plane with my passport and my ticket. Everything else had to go into the hold including my 30D and my 100-400 L IS. Luckily I had seen the news before travelling to the airport so managed to repack it all and it survived the journey.

I did check my insurance policy before travelling though :D

I've not been as high as some people who have posted but I know people who have been up the Alps to photograph and they didn't have any problems with pressure. Battery life in the cold was an issue though!
 
ranarama said:
I would have thought extremely unlikely to be a problem. The big problem with putting your camera in plane luggage is not the altitude but the uncaring goons and crooks that move the bags around behind the scenes at airports.
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i dont work at the airport but a friend of mine does and he is by no way a goon or a crook, i have used manchester airport and other airports for years without any problems at all, lets not tar them all with the same brush.
 
Hi, the baggage holds are pressurised exactly the same as the passenger cabin (otherwise the floor would collapse), max cabin altitude is 8000 ft, the holds will get some heat, but be cooler than the cabin. But recommend if possible you should keep your valuable camera equipment with you, ie, in the cabin, if not invest in a secure/reinforced case, Peli type, hope this helps.
Captain Kevin
 
I use a Pelicase and it travels very well.
 
In a similar vein, anyone know why you "shouldn't" put a compass in hold luggage as well? I was told by a bloke after my compass broke (7 days after the plane journey) it was because I had it in the hold, but I can't work out why that would make a difference, other than the cold...
 
Must admit never heard of this one, & can't think why it should be affected, shouldn't be that cold.
 
Well a compass dieing when it's cold is a bit useless, so I doubt that was the problem. I can only assume he thought it was because of the pressure?:shrug:

What got me was that it died a full week after being taken on the plane and had been used for that week, one morning it just stopped working...

Luckily I had my GPS, the one that everyone tells me not to rely on just in case it breaks, as compasses never do...:lol:
 
Ross said:
Taken mine up to 4000m odd, worked fine
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My Nikon D70s worked perfectly on the Aiguille du Midi (The Needle of the South) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiguille_du_Midi) (3842m) a few months ago, the temperature at the top being a few degrees below freezing.

The Aiguille is that fragile man-made needle-like tower on the pinnacle in the centre of this pic:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Aiguille-du-Midi-summer.jpg

After two long cable car rises, the second being almost vertical :eek:, a lift up through the rock takes you the last few hundred metres right to the top. Views across to the Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn etc.
 
No problem using the camera at altitude, I trekked in the Himalaya and some guys were doing fine with thiers around 17,000ft. Only thing I would suggest if you are ruffing it would be sleep with the batteries in the bag with you. Keeping them warm helps hold the charge!
 
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