Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kari Eloranta <eloranta@lammio.hut.fi> writes: <<A question that I've been wondering sometimes. How do people fare = in getting TMZ and other fast stuff through Hearthrow etc. where you = definitely don't get a handcheck? Is that little lead box (for four 35mm canisters) by Hama worth its = price and weight? Kari>> Kari; This issue has long been problematic for me on one hand as a source of worry. On the other, I too have had numerous x-ray scans of my films coming through JFK, Heathrow, Charles DeGaulle, Tokyo, Moscow, and other former Soviet airports (where I am convinced they warm their dinners with= the x-ray machines between flights...nasty looking things).<big grin> At= the end of the day, I can honestly say I have not seen any really noticab= le fog on T-Max 3200 (processed at 3200) from two or even four exposures to the airport xray machines. And I was looking for it too. Of course, any= time you can get a hand inspection of this material it is probably worth doing from the peace-of-mind standpoint. Heathrow has a 100% scan policy, don't bother wasting your time with protest...they either scan it or it isn't going on the airplane. Tel Avi= v (or any Israeli airport) is the same way, only more intense. = The lead bags are a waste of time and cause your bag to become uncessaril= y heavy. I use mine to store P3200 at home...seems that atmospheric bombarment of gamma(?) rays causes more fog through time with this film than a few passes through an airport xray. P3200 will fog all by itself through time. In my humble experience, Tri-X seems almost immune to fog from these devices. Michael