Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Interesting X-Ray report
From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 21:31:56 -0500

Sal DiMarco,Jr. jotted down the following:

> The BPLC adds that its data showed that the situation is more complex in
> detail, and that some films may exhibit a very slight, but detectable,
> change after realistic levels of hand-baggage X-ray inspection. In view of
> this, BPLC and BAA have agreed that professional photographers traveling
> abroad on assignment will be granted hand-searches of their unprocessed
> film.

Great.  Screw the fine-art amateurs, but heaven forbid that the latest
paparazzi shots of some over-paid, half-nude actress that's going to be
printed on newspaper pulp and used as fish-and-chip wrap should be damaged
at the airport.

M.

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