So I'm traveling to Japan in a few days and I'm taking all my camera gears (except for light stands and tripod) on carry-on with me.As far as I can tell from FAA regulations, I wont have any trouble taking my gear with me.


3 external flashes, few lenses, camera, wireless triggers, and laptop.


It says that as long as the batteries are 'installed' and are not spare batteries they are acceptable.


I was wondering if anyone had any recent experiences with taking their gear as carry-ons. I was a bit worried about having to explain the Cactus V4 wireless triggers if they asked...


I'm flying out of Chicago O'hare with a layover in Vancouver. Last time I did this last year (without my gear) they looked through EVERYTHING when coming back into the US.