Re: Film fogging while transported

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From: Jeffrey Krenzel (jkrenzel@yahoo.com)
Date: 01/29/03-11:25:05 AM Z


Philippe,

I travel to France every two years or so and I always
mail unexposed film back to myself in the US. This is
120 roll film that I mail through the French and US
postal systems, without any protection other than the
cardboard box that is free at the French post office.
I have never had film fogging. However, I have done
this only once since the World Trade Center attacks
and that was about only a month after the attacks, so
that the authorities would not have had time to make
any changes to their previous systems.

I would be curious to know whether anyone has had
fogging problems using the regular mails in the last
6-12 months.

Jeffrey
 

--- Monnoyer Philippe <monnoyer@imec.be> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I plan to send some film samples to a friend accross
> the Atlantic, from the EU.
> My feeling is that I am pretty sure this will be
> destroyed by X-Rays or Gamma Rays even (who knows).
> I don't want to spoil film like that. I need advices
> and tricks to avoid having my films fogged at the
> customs.
> Any trick to avoid it. Some recommend to use a
> private transporter, but it's far more expensive.
> Did you experience good/bad things with your films
> sent by postal services ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Philippe
> Belgium

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