Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I tried that at Narita, they hand checked my film and said, you just had 3200 on the top. busted. they weren't happy with me. a kodak rep told me that each xray machine has a 'fingerprint' and if you do experience fog, they could throretically tell you which machine did it. i personally have never had any problem with xrays. well maybe one roll of 1600 pushed to 6400 that had been xrayed about 4 times. have given up hand checks in the us because it is a lot of trouble. don't even ask overseas anymore. heard a story once about an asmp shooter that didn't want to have his 4x5 film xrayed so he put it in a lead bag in his checked luggage. guess what security did: took out the lead bag and opened all of his film boxes. leo - -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Wajsman [mailto:n.wajsman@chello.nl] Sent: Wed 10/8/2003 6:48 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Cc: Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:[leica] Recent Airport Experience with Bulk film "Saganich, Christopher/Medical Physics" wrote: > 2) Buy a bunch of Dx coded ASA 3200 bulk loading cans instead of generic or worse, reused cans from the 1 hour photo store. The inspectors will look at your film and see it says ASA 3200, if your cans do not indicate the ASA in some official looking way, your out of luck. Will not make any difference at Schiphol, Charles de Gaulle, Heathrow or other major European airports. No matter what it says on your film, it has to go through the scanner. If you refuse, you don't fly. Very simple. And as a frequent traveller (at least 50 round trips a year) I am grateful for this level of security. BTW, I have passed with the same roll of Neopan 1600 through hand luggage scanners several times, and have never seen any evidence of damage to my film. Nor have I seen any such evidence from any credible sources. Until I see such evidence, I will regard all such stories as urban legends. Nathan - -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl Mobile: +31 630 868 671 Photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com - -- 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