Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've run into that at several airports over the last few years. London's Heathrow has the same policy and crossing overland into Israel is the same at checkpoints. One big reason to switch to digital. Tina On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:28 PM, doug kim <doug at ricecracker.net> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Long time! Just thought I'd alert everyone that on a recent flight to > Napoli from JFK, I had a connecting flight in Dublin and still had to pass > through security there which included metal detectors and new x-ray > machines. > > Despite all of my protests and proving that I was a professional > photographer, they insisted that I would have to either have my film > scanned or miss my flight and and not be eligible for a refund. I was > assured that ISO 400 film would be safe though I had numerous rolls of > 3200. They scanned all 55 rolls. > > Have just received the film back and for only the second time since 9/11, I > have a batch of film with fogging and patterns from the x-rays. Furious. > > Their policy is that nothing will be hand checked and that all film > including motion picture film reels will be x-rayed. > > Just a warning. > > Doug Kim > o 646.602.7603 > c 310.869.0498 > -- > http://www.ricecracker.net > http://www.bornyogis.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com