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Mike the issue with Pelican boxes is what to do with them on the liveaboard. There is never enough room.
I use an insulated soft lunchbox for the camera and it goes in my carry-on. My light went inside a fin pocket. The tray gets layed out against the back plate but then you have a lot more camera gear than me.
Have a good trip!
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Yeah, I’ve got a bit more camera, especially with my three ports. I’ll probably do creative things like stuff them with swimsuits to eliminate any dead space they cause. Yeah, I had no intention of bringing my pelican box, it’s enormous (like I could stow my kids inside it huge). The photographer I bought my kitchen off of intended to have two DSLR rigs in that box, so you can imagine how large the thing is (it weighs 50+ pounds). I’m more concerned with the TSA telling me I can’t board the plane with the 8" metal arms...claiming some nonsense that they could be weapons (I could do more harm with them than a nail clipper, and I know they’d take those). I’d love to keep all the parts to my camera in my carry-on, just curious if anyone else had similar issues.
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Should read kit, not kitchen (darn autocorrect).
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Your equipment sounds expensive. You must be a professional photographer. I am just an amateur and found smaller and lighter, less complicated underwater cameras Work best for my hobby. My nephew has a slightly bigger camera than mine and he takes very good photos with them. I state these because you might want to ask professional photographers how they travel with their stuff in the airplane. I am thinking that they put them in a special case, let the airlines know about it, and check fees and/or insurance for them. Liveaboards do not have much space, so that will be another concern as mentioned by LattitudeAdjustment. If you don’t need to take this particular camera on this trip, consider a smaller, more compact camera to tote with you. As an additional thought, the boat or yacht you will be on may need you to get in the water from a height. How your camera goes in and out of the water may be a concern.
Just my 2 cents. I hope it helped you any.
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You may want to do one of two things - contact TSA via email and ask - then print and take the email response with you to the airport. Or go to the airport (Newark?) and show them your camera and ask a TSA rep.
I would not want to get to the airport and not know or have something confiscated and thus rendering your camera useless... It is not like you can drive back home and leave the camera if it is not allowed...
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Yeah, leaving the camera isn’t an option, just need to see if I can bring the entire thing in my carry-on or if I need to check pieces of it.
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daz88 - 12/13/2016 8:42 PM 
I usually carry all the expensive stuff and arms and whatnot in the checked bag. Remember you cannot have batteries in your checked bag. TSA here is not your issue.....in Thailand maybe. Carried the arms and other things through no problem, but have had them take 2 different battery banks 2 different times. you can carry a BIG battery through no problem.....but if you have a battery bank for your tablet and it doesn’t have a sticker on it saying how many mAh, they will take it. So crazy...can through every other airport in the world without getting a second look, but take a domestic flight in Thailand with a battery bank without a sticker and loose it. But, I still love Thailand :)
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