Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Airport X-ray Test
From: Jiri_Dvorak@idx.com
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 14:25:24 -0700

>From: "Paul Schiemer" <schiemer@magicnet.net>
>I won't let my film (either exposed or unexposed) go through the X-ray
>machines.  I carry a purple Crown Royal bag with draw string (have as many
>as four to choose from, different sizes), hang that on the side of my
camera
>bag- hand it over for hand checking as I go through the metal detector-
>never a problem, they're more than happy to comply.

Unless you are in Heathrow. No amount of talking could persuade them to
hand check my film.
Maybe it was because I did not have a Crown Royal bag, just a plain old
plastic ziplock -:).

Jiri Dvorak