Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan I was in Greece last September on holiday. My carry on luggage with about 40 rolls of film was scanned about 6 times. The film was mainly Fuji slide film (Provia and Velvia). I had _no_ problems with fogging caused by X rays. I've finally got round to sorting through the slides, so I might be putting an album together over the next week or so. In fact I've never had any problems with film that has gone through a carry on X-ray machine. Steve - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman Sent: 15 April 2002 23:17 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Flying with film Bill, I have followed this thread with some bemusement. Why? Because it crops up here and on the Rollei list from time to time, with the issue taking on First Amendment proportions. The reality is as follows: 1) You will NOT get your film hand inspected at either Heathrow or Istanbul, period. You want to fly? Then you send ALL your carry-on luggage through the scanner. And I am personally happy that it is this way--I am a lot more concerned about arriving at my destination in one piece than about some photographer's fear of getting his film fogged. 2) The good news is that despite the collective neurosis gripping the photo lists from time to time, nobody seems to actually have experienced and proved damage from CARRY-ON scanning of film. There is a lot of confusion about this issue, but the bottom line is that the warnings on Kodak's web site and elsewhere apply to checked luggage, not carry-on. If a LUGger has actually had film ruined by carry-on scanning, I would love to see the scans. I am a frequent flyer. On average I fly somewhere once a week. I always have a camera and some film with me. I have been through carry-on luggage scanners with all kinds of film at Zurich, Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Munich, Copenhagen, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Athens and other airports this year. The film includes Delta 3200, Kodak High Speed Infrared, Kodachrome 64 & 200, and numerous 100 and 400 B&W and color negative film. In some cases the same roll of film has been through the scanner 4-5 times. I have not detected any effect on the film, ever. I have noticed that security procedures at many airports have been tightened since Sept. 11, and I am grateful for that. Right now the place where I am most nervous about flying is the good old US of A, considering the still lax standards of inspection by the underpaid illiterates manning the checkpoints. The remote possibility of film fogging from scanning pales in comparison. 3) I have never been to Turkey but have friends who travel there frequently, and from their stories it sounds like one of the most wonderful places to visit. Nathan - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html