Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:49 AM 2/18/2007, you wrote: >I've been using ziploc bags without any problems for the past 2 years >traveling back and forth. I always have some 1600 with me so it's never >been a problem. "They make 1600 speed film?" is the usual question.This is >TSA though and not Europe. > >Chris Many, many airports will not allow hand inspections. In the USA, it's the law that they have to do it if you request. Not so in any other country. Heathrow absolutely will not, Guatemala City or Tegucigalpa either, or most airports in the Middle East. That's why I use lead-lined bags. If they refuse and you have to put the film through the x-ray machine, it's still safe. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/portfolio