Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Me, either. You could use a lead-lined bag but many security people will make you take it out of the bag to send through the machine, anyway. Heathrow is the worst airport I have been through for refusing to hand inspect film. I wouldn't risk it. If you want to use film, buy it there and get it developed there. Tina On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:40 PM, Chris Crawford < chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > I would not send Tmax 3200 through airport x-rays, not even once. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 9/26/13 9:27 PM, "Howard Ritter" <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > > >Cynthia and I are treating ourselves finally to a 20-year ambition, > >crossing the Atlantic on a Cunard liner. It's the Queen Mary 2, sailing > >from New York to Southampton, followed by 6 nights in London. For > >compactness and general touristy stuff I've brought the NEX7 with the kit > >18-55 plus the 16 with a 12mm converter. For more serious stuff I have an > >M3 wearing a 50/1.4 'Lux, loaded with TXP, and I have a couple rolls of > >TMax 3200. > > > >Question: will the high-speed film survive a single passage thru airport > >security X-ray? I got discombobulated at the last instant taking stuff > >off and putting it into the plastic bin, and the rolls, which I had taken > >out of the bag to ask for hand inspection, stayed in my coat pocket and > >went through in the bin. My thought is to leave the 3200 unused, buy new > >rolls in London, and when I get back, have one of the X-rayed rolls > >developed to see if there's any fogging, then use or toss the remaining > >roll accordingly. But if anyone has reassuring experience, I might go > >ahead and use the rolls in London. > > > >Will have photos to post in a few weeks, but meanwhile here are a couple > >from the ship today. We were treated to a no-extra-cost bonus bit of > >entertainment, courtesy of those nice folks at Cunard. At about 0900 the > >Bridge announced that a solo female transatlantic rower (Halifax to > >France) had lost some equipment in a storm and requested assistance, and > >that the QM2 was going to her aid! Fortunately, our track must have been > >taking us very close to her position, as I was not aware of steaming off > >our usual course. About 1000 (Fernando de Noronha Standard Time) we > >slowed to a dead stop and spotted her a mile off the port bow. And by > >"we" I mean EVERYBODY. I think the whole ship's party (~2000?) except for > >the essential crews was out on the decks to greet her. Tiny partly closed > >yellow craft, about 7 m long, bobbing in swells sometimes deep enough to > >hide her from view even from our elevated position, with a lone figure in > >a black seasuit rowing toward this 1100' ocean liner stopped dead in the > >water for her. She waved and blew kisses and we all cheered and everybody > >had a camera at the ready. The crew tossed out some packages containing a > >satellite phone and a sea anchor, the essentials that she had lost, plus > >some other provisions. She took some pictures of her own, held up a sign > >(which I couldn't read), shouted her thanks, and came over the VHF, which > >the Bridge put over the PA, to thank us all in English and French. She > >retrieved the packages, and the whole ship's company, led by the Bridge > >on the PA, gave her a rousing three cheers. When the wind and her oars > >had taken her to a safe standoff distance, we got underway again. Later > >the Bridge announced that she had told them "this is the best day of my > >life!" Her name is something like Mylene Paquette. She'll surely come up > >in Google and by tomorrow, I should think, there ought to be a little > >news about the QM2 assisting her as well. A couple of photos at: > > > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Fotos/ > > > > > >?howard > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com