[Leica] Film from the Santa Fe spring shoot

[dlr at dlridings.se (Daniel Ridings)]

Sounds really bad, Jeffery.

I would have never allowed them to take my carry-on baggage out of my 
sight. But there's not much you can do about it when a goon gets in the 
mood.

Daniel


Jeffery Smith wrote:
> Well, I decided to take a chance and use film in Santa Fe at the LHSA 
> spring
> shoot. When I left New Orleans, my camera bag caused no commotion at New
> Orleans airport. When leaving Santa Fe, they pulled both of my bags off of
> the conveyor belt and took them a short distance away. I finally got them
> back about 15 minutes later. No problem, I thought. After all, most of the
> film is 100 ISO.
> 
> I just developed six rolls in fresh developer (prescysol) and PF alkaline
> fixer. All five rolls from Santa Fe are fogged beyond recognition. The 
> sixth
> roll (from before my trip) is fine. I don't know what they did to my bag in
> Santa Fe, but all rolls are very low contrast mud.
> 
> That is it for film + airports for me. From now on, I will only travel with
> digital cameras. 
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
> 
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