Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]New european airport security requires empty pockets ... won't work I'm afraid you might find one of these enveloppes/bags designed to protect film a better solution another option might simply to let the customs officers that you are carrying films and ask - they know what their machine do or doesn't do to film - or even better put your film in the transparent plastic bag required for toothpaste and other fluids - AND ask when getting to the security people. Good luck and fine weather over there - I love Val d'Isere, you lucky one. Phileicangemix Alastair Firkin wrote: > > On 18/02/2007, at 18:23, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >> Next month I am going for a week to Val d'Isere. Because I need to >> travel light, taking the DSLR outfit is out of the question, so >> instead I will be taking the Ricoh GRD and the Bronica rangefinder >> outfit--it all fits in the Domke 803 shoulder bag. >> >> I will be flying from Amsterdam to Geneva. I have never before flown >> carrying medium format film, but I remember reading somewhere that >> it is more prone to fogging from the hand luggage x-rays because the >> film is not enclosed in a metal canister, as is the case with 35mm >> film. I have flown with 35mm on many occasions, including Neopan >> 1600, and have never seen any sign of fogging, even after 4-6 passes >> through x-ray machines. The MF film I will be taking will be no >> faster than 400. Should I be taking any special precautions other >> than the obvious one of not putting the film in checked baggage? > > > Roll film does not seem to be much more sensitive, but I too have > worried. I would do one of 2 things: if you don't have too much film, > wear baggy trousers and carry the film in your pocket: it does not > have the metal cannister, so it also does not set off metal > detectors. With the paranoia of security however, I now carry it in a > double lead bag. > > Cheers > > alastair > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >