Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leica Airport X-ray Test
From: Bernard Delgado <delgado@nytimes.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 19:42:56 -0500

I was just wondering if anyone on the list has had film ruined by an Xray
machine?
- -delgado

>>From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton)
>>
>>In my experience there's really no need to wind up >at LHR (or LGW) with a
>>ton of exposed film. The day you leave, call in to Metro on the
>>Clerkenwell Road (http://www.metroimaging.co.uk/), they're open 24/7, and
>>will turn round E6 in 90 minutes. They're very good, you won't find a
>>better D&P place anywhere in the world (David Bailey has used them for
>>years, if that matters).
>
>>The same logic applies to worrying about bringing film here. We're not a
>>third world country, we *do* have shops that sell all types of
>>photographic supplies!
>
>Well, I was just transferring at LHR (Seattle->London->Rome, and back), so
>no time to buy/process the film in London. Besides, I'm using B&W film that
>I prefer to process myself. I know I could probably buy the film in Rome,
>but that's the last thing I wanted to do, run "jet-lagged" around Rome,
>looking for Delta 400 film.
>
>Anyway, as I said before, Americans and Italians did hand check my film, so
>I guess it just depends...
>
>Maybe I'll try the above suggestion when I'll go to Britain only and shoot
>only color :-).
>
>Jiri Dvorak