Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My concern is that they don't always just run it past the nebulizer once. When I asked the patriots to hand-inspect my Leica CL in Seattle, they refused with extreme prejudice and ran it and my film through the x-ray machine several times. Fog. It was there. When I kept my mouth shut and just let them x-tay my Rolleiflex GX, they couldn't figure out what it was. Rather than just zipping it through and hand-inspecting, they left it on the cooker for about 45 seconds and then called someone over to look at it. It was frying the entire time. They finally did pull my bag apart after the GX had been x-rayed for a good 2 minutes. Fogged. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of G Hopkinson Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 2:45 AM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] Re:35mm film in plastic cassettes It seems that we have a general consensus based on people's experiences that normal ISO films are not adversely affected. GOOD. I still cringe, however illogically. Here in Aus there is no guaranteed right for hand inspection as far as I know. I do know of one reported case where a pro photographer, I think, had a confrontation in Israel with the security staff. He reported that his gear was then repeatedly run through a scanning device and his film was all completely ruined. I think Ted has said it best regarding being polite and cooperative. As an aside, typically I find that my M bag results in a stop and rescan on the way through the machine. I've looked over the operator's shoulder to see the purty outlines. I think that the large amount of good old fashioned metal makes the Leica stuff stand out from the crowd. Anyhoo I've never seen any adverse effects to film here in Australian airports. That's a very good thing. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Ridings Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2007 17:21 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:35mm film in plastic cassettes Ted Grant wrote: > Most of the people going on about carry on and film scan fog are > spouting nothing but urban myth! Sure it might happen in some 4th world > developing country because the equipment isn't set properly..... if > that's possible? Never had a problem in Africa: Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa. Only problem was convincing the guard that the M2 really did not have a battery. Daniel _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information