RE: [Leica] Xray machines

["Noel H. Charchuk" <nhcharch@calcna.ab.ca>]

I don't know if the lead bag is such a good idea. Did we not have some
messages this summer about ne w baggage scanners being installed, that if
they encounter a dense object (like a lead bag) will just continue to
increase the power of the scan until they can see through. That does not
seem to be a good thing for the film!!
Noel Charchuk




On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, B. D. Colen wrote:

> 
> Yup! I got away with it...But as I said, it was all visible in the ziplock
> bag -  no canisters, nada....I may ahve just been lucky....I like your lead
> bag idea, by the way...clever...
> 
> B. D.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Tina Manley
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 3:30 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Xray machines
> >
> >
> > At 02:20 PM 10/27/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > >inspection process a breeze, and I don't remember what had blown up at
> > >around the time, but I know that at Heathrow they were being particularly
> > >careful/paranoid. :-)
> > >
> >
> > Do you mean they allowed you to have the film hand-inspected at Heathrow!
> > That is one of the few airports in the world where I have never managed to
> > convince them to hand-inspect.  They have always insisted that the film go
> > through the x-ray machine.  I pack my film in ziplock bags or Tupperware,
> > but I also carry lead bags in my carry-on bag so that I can stick the film
> > in them if they refuse to hand-inspect.  The lead bag shows up as
> > a blob on
> > the x-ray so they have to open it up and hand-inspect, which is what I
> > asked for in the first place!
> >
> > Leically,
> >
> > Tina
> >
> >
> > Tina Manley, ASMP
> > <http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html>
> > <http://www.aperture-photo.com/site/reportage/manley/manleyframeset.html>
> > <http://members.tripod.com/~Tina_Manley/>
> >
> >
> >
> 
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