Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The following from the current online issue of the British Journal of Photography. I think many of you will find it interesting. - ------------------------------ Hand x-rays 'are safe' Ahead of the official announcement at the end of August BJP has learnt the outcome of the British Photographic Liaison Committee (BPLC) airport x-ray trials (BJP 3 Feb, 1999), held in conjunction with Kodak, Fuji, Agfa and Ilford. The aim was to determine what extent, if any, airport hand baggage x-ray machines cause damage to photographic film. The results will show that both APS and medium format films do behave differently to 35mm, but the differences only show up if the films are 'very heavily' scanned. Under normal conditions (up to eight passes through the x-ray machine) none of the films showed any detectable effect. Over 400 rolls of film were tested in speed ratings from 100 to 3200, in both b&w and colour, together with digital storage media. The digital media showed no effect of the x-ray scanning. Under no circumstances should you put photographic film in an aircraft's hold. In addition, providing the film is not scanned more than eight times it will be completely unaffected by hand-baggage x-ray inspection and photographers do not need to ask for a hand inspection. (Full story in this week's BJP in print) - ------------------------------------------ _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com