Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 15.04.2002 23:16, "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> wrote: > 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. Nathan, I cannot say that I had films ruined by the carry-on X-ray machines, BUT I do have some doubts... Nothing with films below the 400ISO limit, only some Tri-X and a lot of TMZ. The Tri-X (it went through Beirut airport, through Cotonou/Benin and Paris/Charles-de-Gaulle - It was hand checked in Benin because the machine was out of order), compared to another batch (that did not travel), the film base density was "visibly" higher. The TMZ had bizarre, random "dots" of increased density. Something you would notice in a picture (of a white wall, maybe...) The very very weird thing was when I had some Velvia developed the other day. Pictures from Rouen with "transparent, overexposed" skies had some grayish skies instead - no, it was not raining :-). The film went through the carry-on machine in Geneva (french side). The pictures are interesting... I'm leaving for Beirut in May and this time I will check this seriously! I'll take some exposed film with me through the carry on machines and leave some at home, have them developed together and see. Tarek - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html