Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ernie, If you're in the US, you have the right to a hand inspection of your film, instead of putting it through the x-ray machine; overseas, you can ask for it, but don't bet on getting it. You can put the film (in cans) into a plastic bag to facilitate a hand check, or take them out of the cans first to speed things along even further (as the inspector won't have to open each can). I pack 16 rolls (out of the cans) into a square Tupperware container and ask for them to hand inspect it. Politely. If you're bullet-headed about it, they'll pull you out of line for a more leisurely check, and you'll miss your flight. That said, I haven't had any film ruined recently (past 10 years) by even repeated passes through a scanner used for carry-on bags; even Delta 3200 has survived half a dozen trips through various machines without any apparent damage. But don't ever put film, raw or exposed, in your checked luggage---odds are good that it *will* get fried by the scanners used for those bags. Chuck Albertson Seattle, Wash. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Nitka" <enitka@twcny.rr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 10:44 AM Subject: [Leica] OT: Film at the Airport > I apologize in advance as I KNOW this has been discussed in the past. I just > never thought I would be going on a fly vacation so soon. Anyway what is the > best way to get thru security with film that I am bringing with me? I seemed > to remember LUGgers talking about putting the film in a clear zip lock bag > and asking for hand inspection? does mean the film out of the plastic > cannisters or still in the cannisters? Any thoughts would be helpful. I'm > still undecided as to which camera to bring but that's a neurotic misery that > only my family has to endure!!! :) > > ernie nitka - a week away from Seattle > >