Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I accept that the machines do not seem to bother film under 1000iso if you have a single pass - the problem arises if you are going through several airports and are therefore x-rayed several times. I have had film ruined in Boston when they held a camera bag in the machine because they couldn't make out what something was. They just wacked the machine up and held the bag there despite my plea to hand search. And they even x-ray into Boston now! Gerry >The conclusion was that under no circumstances should you ever >put film in your checked-in luggage. I managed to get my film hand >inspected in SFO, London, and Amsterdam just last month. With a little >forethought, it can be done, although the carry-on x-ray machines don't >seem to bother film under ISO 1000. The BJP had a big article on the >checked-in luggage machines, last spring.