Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gradually over the last 20 years the xray scanners have been able to make do with less and less radiation (this is so the operators don't develop funny appendages while still in the employ of security) and I've seen less and less damage on film from scanning. The last big trip I did with film involved about 200 rolls and was in the Middle East. The film probably went through 40 scanners. No film faster than 800, but no damage. As Nathan mentioned, the most annoying were those checkpoints (many) where the operators were chatting and not even looking at the screen. Many checkpoints would not entertain hand checking; it was through the machine or you didn't get on the plane/cross the border. After that I decided that whenever I could, I would take digital. For some 120 films I had no digital equivalents, so I still took some film, but very little. It's the present reality. Heathrow hasn't allowed hand checking for a long time. Henning On 2012-05-17, at 12:50 AM, Marty Deveney wrote: > http://www.i3a.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/i3afilmxraytestreport.pdf > > Many countries don't automatically grant a hand inspection of carry-on, and > in some places there is no ability to provide one. The standards for > scanners also vary. Dose is cumulative. > > I fly about 80 sectors/year, sometimes more. I am shifting to digital > because travelling with film has just got too hard. > > Marty > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Henning Wulff henningw at archiphoto.com