Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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