[Leica] strange x-ray effect

[alexolstein at comcast.net (alex olstein)]

Hi everyone,  

I just had a roll of fujicolor 1600 developed and printed at my local 1 hour 
minilab.  4 shots were printed as "landscape mode."   And I had the machine 
operator redo them and again the machine printed landscape mode.  The 
operator claimed that the camera marked the negatives for this.   Strange 
since I used a 1950's Leica M3.  

I was just thinking that maybe the fact that the film was a year outdated ( 
but frozen ) and had been through 2 round trips between Newark NJ and Fort 
Lauderdale FL airport x-ray machines could explain this.   The film was 
exposed after all these x-rays,  and it was the last frames that were 
printed  landscape.  Technically the photos were almost OK,  just some night 
shots of firemen at a burning house.

Any comments?

Alex Olstein
( in New Jersey )