Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric wrote: >>> I don't see what the big deal is. Is there any recorded terrorist that > managed to blow up a plane because his film was hand inspected rather than > going through x-ray? Hand inspecting film isn't going to pose any danger.<< Hi Eric, At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain we had everything scanned and more than once a day. And that included all film whether we liked it or not. Why? Well it seems European security forces had discovered before the Games that someone had been playing with film cassettes and loading them with some form of explosive content. Big amount? I have no idea. But on more than one occasion when a photographer got mouthy about film being destroyed and his hand inspection should be honoured as it was at other sports events he was given the option....... "leave your film outside the building or have it scanned!" Of course the KODAK labs were in the Main Press Centre so obviously the film had to go in the building and in the thousands of rolls processed by the lab not one roll was ever damaged by the scanning. No matter how many times the roll may have gone through them Don't forget, the scanners were at every venue site and in operation 24 hours a day so shooting at one event then going to another your bag and gear went through again and again.. Trust me and it was everybody! And they didn't give a damn who you were or if you were shooting for the King of Siam! Or that you and your gear, bag or photo vest had gone through the scanner 20 minutes before........ "your going in this building? You get scanned!" So for the unenlightened out there in the cold cruel world, film can be used if some one wants to do a dirty thing any time any where. Unless of course they're caught being scanned! And on that note I just let my film go through wherever and when ever. >>Where do you stop? How do you decide which laws will be enforced and which ones will be changed by local rent-a-cops?<<<< These days after 9/11 I generally roll with what I'm confronted with and accept the world is made up of unfortunate minimum wage security positions controlled by politicians trying to enforce their next winning vote mind set on the world! Hey life's too short for a pissing match over airport security, I do it my way and roll with whatever I'm confronted with, and do that with the absolute least amount of confrontation and provocation. Keep life and Leica times simple! Makes for a more comfortable flight! :-) ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html