Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Bob - You shouldn't have any trouble getting through both Immigration and Customs entering France. At DeGaulle, the customs personnel are overworked and underpaid, and you can get through without a hassle. However; on departure, your film may go through their machines. I had mine in transparent cases and in plastic bags - - "salted" with several rolls of Kodak 3200. I respectfully asked for a manual search of my film. No dice! The inspectors demanded that I put the packages on the conveyor belt to run through the machine. Yuck! The machines had notices posted that proclaimed that the x-rays wouldn't fog the film. None of my ASA 50, 100 and 200 chromes were apparently affected, but, when I had my local lab develop the 3200 B&W, there was clear evidence of attenuation. I hadn't exposed any of the 3200 rolls - - I just had them in the bunch for salting and, later, for QC. The film was fogged. George George Berger gberger@his.com