From: Kate Mahoney (kateb@paradise.net.nz)
Date: 09/09/03-01:32:18 AM Z
I've had exposed film ruined by xray in Australia, I had the misfortune to
fly out post 9/11.Luckily I'd processed all but onme roll but that one was
really badly fogged.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dchiap2" <dchiap2@msn.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:09 PM
Subject: RE: flying....
> They did hand inspect my film and take it out of the xray bag. I still
> like to use them on the chance that some "insistent" person will run
> them through the machine anyway. They say that the machines won't
> affect the film, but they say a lot of things and I'd rather be as safe
> as I can than sorry about some ruined or off film.
>
> Don Chiappinelli, LCSW
> dchiap@msn.com
> (540)370-4344
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Walker [mailto:walker@sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 12:09 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: RE: flying....
>
> Regarding X-ray bags... On the older machines they tell you that they
> won't
> expose the film under 400 ASA. If you put them in X-ray bags and it
> obscures
> the image as it goes through the machine they turn up the intensity of
> the
> x-ray to get a picture through the bag which is worse.
>
> In Detroit they now have machines that are so strong that there are
> signs
> telling you that your film WILL be exposed if left in the luggage. They
> were
> happy to hand inpect which means they open every 35mm canister and swab
> it
> with a cloth which they then check in a machine for ionic residue from
> explosive chemicals.
>
> In other airports (recently) I have been refused hand inspection and
> they
> put it through the machine (older type) as a matter of policy. Then
> again I
> have had just the regular hand inpection as well.
>
> I always carry my film with in a ziplock and try my best to work with
> the
> inspectors to keep it out of the machines.
>
> Scott.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: epona [mailto:acolyta@napc.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 11:53 AM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: flying....
>
>
> X-ray bags? where do i get those??????
>
> thx,
> ~christine
>
> Dchiap2 wrote:
>
> >I flew to Italy last September via Amsterdam; I hand carried all my
> film
> >(pola 55, 120 tmax 100 and 400, and 120 color neg) in xray bags, and
> had
> >it hand inspected. No problems at all, and no rudeness; actually
> anyone
> >who hand inspected it seemed nicely curious about photography and what
> I
> >was doing. But it's probably just about who is actually on duty for
> >hand inspecting any given day. The downside is that if you have a lot
> >of film it can be cumbersome to lug around the airport etc.
> >
> >Re: Scotland - Sweetheart Abbey, and Castle Campbell stand out it my
> >mind, as does Edinburgh and the small towns just south of Edinburgh.
> >
> >Don Chiappinelli, LCSW
> >dchiap@msn.com
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: epona [mailto:acolyta@napc.com]
> >Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 4:26 PM
> >To: the gurus
> >Subject: flying....
> >
> >Hello folks,
> >
> >Hope you are all well. I'm flying to Ireland next week and I was
> >wondering if you all had any advice about film and security. I shoot
> >type 55 which is rather slow (50 asa) and may make it through the
> x-rays
> >
> >but I wasn't sure how much worse things may have gotten post 9/11.
> >Caryy on and insist hand-checking? Or pack with luggage? I hear they
> >X-ray that as well....
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Christine
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made
> for
> humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created
> for
> men.
> ~ Alice Walker
>
>
>
>
>
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