Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:39 AM 2/18/2007, you wrote: >I've heard (but we have ALL heard so much about these things) that if >you try and protect it with heavy lead bags etc, that it just results >in the operator jacking up the juice to try and get through to the >contents. Defeats its purpose. > >Daniel This is an urban legend. The operators cannot turn up the power of the hand luggage x-ray machines. They can adjust the screens for contrast but that's all. The lead-lined bags do protect film. I use a double strength one for high speed film. Operators either ask "what is that?", ignore it, or say "you've got film in a lead-lined bag and we'll have to hand inspect it." Either way, the film is much safer in the lead-lined bag. I've used them for hundreds of trips through many airports. I learned the hard way by having film ruined before I got lead-lined bags. Thank goodness that is something I never have to worry about again!!! Tina Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/portfolio