Re: [Leica] film and travel

[doug kim <yup@pacbell.net>]

FedEx and DHL have also started randonly x-raying packages using similar
equipment found in airports.

"just live with it" is unfortunately  not a workable answer right now. i
have a trip to rural china in a few months and i am still wondering how to
safely get my high speed film there.

doug

http://www.ricecracker.net


On 7/26/02 11:20 AM, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Ted's absolutely right about 'just live with it.' The reality is NOT going
> to change because of our bitching. In fact, when next the terrorists
> strike - and we all know they will - where ever and however they strike,
> airport 'security' will get even 'tighter.'
> 
> But Ted left out one really good workaround - ship your film ahead to
> yourself where ever you're going to be. And ship the exposed film home. So
> far, that can be done without risking Xray exposure. I just FedEx my film to
> wherever I'm going to be working, and at the end of each day of shooting
> send it off for processing. It's another cost, but it sure makes life
> easier.
> 
> B. D.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
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> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 12:19 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] film and travel
> 
> 
> In a message dated 7/26/02 11:28:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tedgrant@shaw.ca writes:
> 
>> At worse the film-fly thing is a big pain in the ass and there's any
> number
>>  of ways around it:
>> 
>>  Just live with it.
>>  go early to the airport and live with it
>>  buy film wherever you go and live with it.
>>  buy film wherever you go and soup it on location and live with it
>>  Stop whining, get on with the security thing and .....live!
>>  Maybe!
>> 
>>  ted
>> 
> Hello again Ted. Not for the hard-working hard-pressed hard-drinking - I'll
> stay out of the malt issue - professional, but you forgot another
> alternative: the choo-choo train.
> 
> Just this morning mentioned to Mitch Zeissler that I'm thinking of coming to
> Portland for the LHSA Annual Meeting and my meet with you, on the Empire
> Builder and returning home on the Coast Starlight, Portland to Sacramento -
> are you there Doug? - California Zephyr Sacramento to Chicago and home to
> Albania New York on the Lake Shore Limited.
> 
> Ann, my SWMBO, doesn't know about this yet.
> 
> Seth     LaK 9
> 
> P.S. LUGFRIENDS, note the dates for the Leica Society's Annual Meeting,
> Thursday October 6 through Sunday, October 9 in Portland OR. Our Ted is the
> major
> SWI = Speaker With Images - for the Saturday evening banquet. More later.
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