Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mervin S. Stewart wrote > >We recently returned from China with 50+ rolls of exposed film. W Much to my amazement a roll of 3200 TMax was in my M6 and went through = >two >scanners in the States, one in Narita and one in Beijing before I realize= >d it >was in the camera. I was amazed to find no evidence of fogging when the = >film >was developed....a pleasant surprise. I guess I was lucky!! = I have lived in this part of the world for over a decade and whilst I did once get a suitcase full of film and paper destroyed by the old X-Ray machines at Hong Kong's old airport (Kai Tak) about ten years ago it has been problem free ever since. Europe and USA is another matter... One thing that US flyers tend to misunderstand IMHO is that the developing countries tend to have the newest X-Ray equipment and that it is IME far more likely you will have problems in Europe or the States with the older X-Rays. Most of the airports I use here in Asia are less than 10 years old and make JFK for example (not to mention some of the smaller cities' facilities) look prehistoric. (I used to work at JFK so I do know what I am talking about). Contrary to what I have heard repeatedly uttered by others IMHO it is better to put film in checked in baggage than carry-on - but only if you KNOW that there is no further X-raying in baggage handling, which is usually easy to establish. Another thing I have learnt from experience is that if you stick labels and write special requests on your Fedex packages asking for no X-Rays you are sure to get them X-Rayed: this only piques the interest of the security people. Bests Adrian Adrian Bradshaw Photojournalist Shanghai, China