Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Shit ... give me more! Daniel On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Sonny Carter wrote: > If ever a set of shots left me wanting to see more of them, these did. I > especially liked this > > http://www.englandphotographic.com/thedock.html > > Dang, boy, you're good! > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lee England" <engl6914@cableone.net> > To: "leica-users (for posts)" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 1:48 PM > Subject: [Leica] Travel and film > > > > Regarding travel and film I'm reminded of an incident in the Jackson, > Miss. > > Airport 10 months ago. I put my 35 mm film without plastic canisters into > a > > ziplock and asked for a hand check at security. It was hand checked all > > right. After a wand was passed over it I was informed the canisters had > > flunked 3 out of 3 tests for C4 plastic explosive and was I in the > military > > or the police. By then I had four burly uniformed guards around me while > I > > tried to explain how I was just going to the LSU-Florida game and really > > wished I'd run this film through Xray. Then the Delta rep was brought in > to > > peer at me and the film. The plane's ready to pull away. Finally they > let > > me on with the film. > > Since then I've put the film--ASA 400, Ilford--in a lead bag and run > it > > through XRay with the camera in the Domke bag. Only once has the film > been > > pulled out of the lead bag for inspection, including trips through > Gatwick, > > Charles de Gaulle, Atlanta, Jackson, Jacksonville, Boston, Baton Rouge, > > Houston, Leon (Mexico) and New Orleans. Much faster and quicker, and I've > > had no problem with the film. > > > > On another note, after a lot of frustrating effort with Adobe Go Live I've > > managed to make an internet site for photos of these various trips and of > > other wanderings through the backwoods of Mississippi in a Range Rover, > > almost all taken with an M2---www.englandphotographic.com > > > > Lee England > > Natchez, Miss. > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html