Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>On this matter regarding my recent trip to the US., i had roughly 20 rolls >of film placed in one of those x-ray bags bought at local camera store. I >had it went thru xray about 10 times...a few in the Philippines, alot in >the US, a few in Singapore... Well, all I can say is, is that they work. I >couldn't find anything on my film. Knock on wood. Fastest film I placed >there was an ISO800 film. This is like saying that tying a pink ribbon to my car antenna keeps me safe from stray kangaroos in the roadway (I live in California). The foil bags don't block X-rays, but the X-rays in the scanners you passed through didn't harm the film. I went through about 10 X-ray machines with 30 rolls of film in April and I saw that the bag didn't block X-rays, but I also had no ill effects on the film. The real concern is new X-ray machines that the FAA is buying that will, by their admission, fry film. - -Charlie