Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gene, There are no security checks on the kind of trains you will be taking. The only European trains where I have seen airport-like security checks are the high-speed ones, like the Eurostar between Paris/Brussels and London, the French TGV and the Spanish AVE. Nathan grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > Tina > > What about Trains going into Poland? Or have you only traveled by plane? > I am going to Poland in December and plan to take the train there from > Germany. > > Gene > > > > |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> > | | Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> | > | | Sent by: | > | | lug-bounces+grduprey=rockwellcollins.com@leic| > | | a-users.org | > | | | > | | | > | | 07/15/2004 02:56 PM | > | | Please respond to Leica Users Group | > | | | > |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > | > | > | To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > | > | cc: > | > | Subject: Re: [Leica] transporting film > | > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > > > > At 12:24 PM 7/15/2004 -0700, you wrote: > > >>Basically what I've found lately is the security people appear to be a tad >>smarter and informed re- higher speed films and deliberately ask for >>anything 800 and higher, offering hand inspection. >> >>ted > > > ... but keep in mind that the 400 speed film that you are planning to push > will actually end up as 800 or 1600 speed film. I made a label to put on > the bags that says "Professional High Speed Film To Be Pushed on > Development" I usually have to explain what that means. Unlike Ted, I > have had film ruined by x-ray machines. To see what it looks like, scroll > to the bottom of this page: > http://www.kodak.com/cluster/global/en/service/tib/tib5201.shtml#SEC47 > The machines in Russia, Poland, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Morocco, and Iran > cannot be trusted. In fact, I wouldn't even stand anywhere near them! I > carry a heavy lead-lined bag to those countries because they will not allow > > you to pass the film around either. > > Tina > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands Mobile: +31 6 30 868 671 General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com