Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know this topic has been hashed before, but- My plan was to bring my own film and ship it back to the states for processing by my lab. I did this on a trip to Australia and it went fine. Someone earlier had posted (or e-mailed me) not to do this- that the mail gets X-rayed extensively. True? If so, how about FedEx? (I don't mind paying Xtra- just don't want the memories of a trip of a life time wiped out). Bob (afraid of the evil Dr. X and his photo-unfriendly Rays!) Keene > >Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 00:31:02 -0500 >From: George Berger <gberger@his.com> >Subject: Re: [Leica] A trip to Paris > >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 > >------------------------------