Video Camera Fees

This is warning to those who travel to the Middle East with video cameras. You will be required by Israel Customs to leave a cash deposit of $500 at the airport as you enter the country. You cannot write a check or leave a credit card. You get your money back upon departure, but it is something of a shock to part with $500 for the use of your video camera.

In Egypt most major antiquities, except the Pyramids and Sphinx, restrict the use of video equipment to those to pay 50 Egyptian per antiquity, payable at the gate.

LAWRENCE ADLER, MD

Panorama City