Re: [Leica] Re:[leica] Recent Airport Experience with Bulk film

["Jack McLain" <jmclainaz@comcast.net>]

I travel by air a lot (~170 flights/year) and almost always carry a camera
with fim (mostly 400 ASA B&W, sometimes color), and pass through security
checkpoints often.  I used to ask for hand checks (and still do when there
is no line), but more often than not I allow the agents to x-ray my film.  I
have never seen any ill effects on my negs/prints/slides attributable to the
exams.  I sense this fear of x-rays is a throwback to earlier days when
machinery was less sophisticated.

Jack McLain
Tucson, AZ
http://jackmclain-photography.dotcommunity.net

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From: "Saganich, Christopher/Medical Physics" <saganicc@MSKCC.ORG>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 1:06 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Re:[leica] Recent Airport Experience with Bulk film


> No fog so far, I only developed half the film so far.  I wouldn't expect
the ASA 100 I had to fog from one pass.  Three passes is another story.
>
> Chris Saganich
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Steve Unsworth
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 2:59 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re:[leica] Recent Airport Experience with Bulk film
>
> Was your film fogged by the X-rays?
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Saganich,
> Christopher/Medical Physics
> Sent: 08 October 2003 19:10
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Re:[leica] Recent Airport Experience with Bulk film
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Just returned from France/Belgium/Netherlands and thought I'd share my
> airport/film experience.  I don't like having any electronic equipment or
> film X-rayed, I work with X-Ray producing equipment and the thought of
high
> speed electrons bombarding my sensitive gear bothers me.  Modern digital
> circuits will be damaged from repeated exposure, or are degraded slightly
> (weakened if you will) from each exposure...
>
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