Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, I have carried 120 films through airports all over the world with no problems, but it tends to be Provia 100/400. Cheers Jayanand On 2/18/07, Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> 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? > > Nathan > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > Opportunistic Image Acquisition > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http://www.greatpix.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > > Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 > Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >