May 2003 Alt-photo-process: Re: airport fogging of paper?

From: Robert W. Schramm (schrammrus@hotmail.com)
Date: 05/21/03-04:34:32 PM Z

Shannon et al,

As I recall, regular enlarging paper is about ASA 10 or less. Azo must be 100 times slower. I just made some contact prints using an enlarger as a light source and the exposure time was 24 minutes. ASA 100 film is supposed to be safe in carry on so my guess would be that paper would be ok, but checked baggage may be subjected to much, much higher radiation levels. Therefore, don't put it in checked baggage.

Bob Schramm

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>From: Shannon Stoney

>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca

>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca

>Subject: airport fogging of paper?

>Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 20:47:25 -0700

>Does anybody know if the X ray machines used on checked luggage at airports

>will fog paper as well as film? My partner will be traveling later in the

>week with some azo paper in tow. He was planning to check that bag, but

>should he carry it on? Azo is slow paper, but maybe it would fog anyway.

>--shannon