Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Off-Topic: Airport X-ray Machines
From: ted grant <75501.3002@compuserve.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 01:13:50 -0500

Timothy wrote:

<<<<I am now going to use those lead bags for all my exposed film whenever
I travel overseas.>>>>>>

Tim,

You maybe wasting your money, time and film!  This new machine for checked
baggage does two scans.. The first one sweeps on an overall basis and if
there is anything it doesn't see through it makes a second scan and hammers
the daylights out of it until it goes through the unidentifiable item or
it's decided to have the bags opened!

So it could be just a waste of time and still have your film fried alive or
you having to open your bags for hand inspection efore they are loaded on
the plane..

I suggest if you are taking several hundreds of rolls and you want it
checked, take it early to the airline and have whatever it is they are
doing to check and clear packages of this nature for flight clearance.

ted