Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henning, I think you are correct. This is the new world and I had better get used to it. I travel to Mexico and Budapest next and am already prepared to have my film zapped. Doug Kim o 646.602.7603 c 310.869.0498 -- http://www.ricecracker.net http://www.bornyogis.com On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>wrote: > Gradually over the last 20 years the xray scanners have been able to make > do with less and less radiation (this is so the operators don't develop > funny appendages while still in the employ of security) and I've seen less > and less damage on film from scanning. The last big trip I did with film > involved about 200 rolls and was in the Middle East. The film probably went > through 40 scanners. No film faster than 800, but no damage. As Nathan > mentioned, the most annoying were those checkpoints (many) where the > operators were chatting and not even looking at the screen. Many > checkpoints would not entertain hand checking; it was through the machine > or you didn't get on the plane/cross the border. > > After that I decided that whenever I could, I would take digital. For some > 120 films I had no digital equivalents, so I still took some film, but very > little. It's the present reality. Heathrow hasn't allowed hand checking for > a long time. > > Henning > > > > On 2012-05-17, at 12:50 AM, Marty Deveney wrote: > > > http://www.i3a.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/i3afilmxraytestreport.pdf > > > > Many countries don't automatically grant a hand inspection of carry-on, > and > > in some places there is no ability to provide one. The standards for > > scanners also vary. Dose is cumulative. > > > > I fly about 80 sectors/year, sometimes more. I am shifting to digital > > because travelling with film has just got too hard. > > > > Marty > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > Henning Wulff > henningw at archiphoto.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >