Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 9:11 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Airport X-rays and film inspection > > FYI - I haven't done this in a while, but I have found that taking the film > out of the little canisters, and putting the cassetts in ziplock plastic > bags, facilitates hand inspection..... > Well, I learned a little trick from Kyle Cassidy's Leica Photo Course that addressed the problem of airport x-rays and possible film fogging: Never take film with you. Never buy film at your destination. Never put film in your Leica. I have tried this and I have never had any shots ruined by airport x-rays. That Cassidy is like a god to me. rp johnson