Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Same experience for any airport I can name anywhere in Asia, including those airports where you might think could cause fogging (such as in China, India, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.) None fog. Nada. Never. Go take pictures. And take film with you to these places because the film quality you'll find there, indeed, can be suspect due to age, heat, high price, unavailability, etc. Jim Nelon Hong Kong Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > That has been my experience as well. I keep film in my Domke bag at all times, > and I have had rolls of Delta 3200 that have been throught several scanners in > various European airports before I get around to using them, without any > problems. I have not seen any evidence, ever, of the hand luggage scanners > damaging film in airports in the industrialized world (Western Europe, > N.America, Japan, Australia/NZ etc.). > > Nathan > > Don Dory wrote: > > > C'mon guys and gals the x-ray that you send your carry on through is not > > going to hurt your film. I frequently carry 3200 through airports, no fog. > > I just got back from LaGuardia/Hartsfield with 3200, no fog. I remember Pop > > Photo or some such sending 3200 through the machine 20 times, no fog. > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html