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07/18/2003 11:27:52 AM · #1 |
This warning applies to anyone going through airport security with exposed 35mm film and are in the habit of
a) pushing or pulling film or b) rewinding exposed film with the lead still sticking out...
***Mark your 35mm cannisters with label and tape*** indicating exposed rolls and any pushing/pulling required. DO NOT mark the film containers.
I had my containers marked but the hand inspection team removed all the cannisters and then put them back into arbitrary containers.
Its only by a stroke of luck that I was able to figure out which ones had been pulled or pushed. Had I not been able to, I would have likely incorrectly developed most of my images.
Don't want this to happen to anyone else :)
Message edited by author 2003-07-18 11:28:17. |
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07/18/2003 11:30:52 AM · #2 |
That is why we travel with digital cams,or by car :-)
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07/18/2003 11:38:05 AM · #3 |
| i'm almost positive film under iso 800 isn't affected by the xrays |
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07/18/2003 01:35:45 PM · #4 |
That's right, but that's a warning I assumed most people heard already.
But in case anyone has not:
Never leave any film in your baggage, always carry it with you since the baggage xrays are stronger and will likely fog any film.
You can always ask to have film hand inspected anyway, therefore you can make it easy on the security people by taking film out of their boxes and having them easily accesible when you arrive at security.
Any film that's rated below ISO 800 should be safe. However, ISO 400 film will definately fog if exposed to the xray multiple times, or it remains inside the machine for an extended period. So if security insists the film be scanned, you may at least request to have the machine cleared of prior bags so that your film can pass through quickly.
I'm not sure if low speed film that's been pushed is more susceptible to xrays. I would think not but I cant say for certain.
Once again, any labelling you do to your film, have it done on the film cannister itself,
And yes, if you can, leave your film stuff behind, take your digital, and save yourselves the headache entirely :) :)
Originally posted by achiral:
i'm almost positive film under iso 800 isn't affected by the xrays |
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07/18/2003 02:23:23 PM · #5 |
Having recently flown with a crap-load (yes, crap-load) of film, let me add my little bit of wisdom to the mix.
First, I don't care whether they say it's safe for film speeds rated X or lower (X being 800, 1600 or higher) -- I DON'T WANT IT EXPOSED TO THE MACHINE. So, when I ask to have it hand checked, and they ask me if I have any high speed film hoping to forestall the hand check if I say I only have 400 speed film, I simply, straight-out, blatantly LIE and say yes, I have some 1600 speed film. Since I'm carrying all my film equipment, they don't give me any grief about it and hand check it. I suppose some day I might actually come across someone who knows the difference, but until then...
There are two additional secrets to help you get them to hand check film. First, show up early enough before your flight that you aren't acting rushed or hassled. If you give them grief, I guarantee you won't be happy with the results. Second, be nice about it all. Say "please" and "thank you" and they will actually be happy to go through the 100 rolls of film you exposed while on vacation. :-) When I told one of the people checking my film how much I appreciated her doing this for me, she said, "Oh, it's perfectly alright, we don't mind helping out the polite customers..."
I had taken all the film out of boxes but left in the plastic containers, and placed in plastic zip lock bags for easy inspection. (I added the end of the box to the bag for me to easily ID the film later.) In some of the airports I went through, they only wiped the bags themselves for the chemical sniffing machines. In others they opened and wiped each individual film container. In the future, I'll take the film out of the containers and just leave it in the ziplock bags to save everyone (me and those checking the film) some time.
Hope this helps some... |
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07/18/2003 02:33:25 PM · #6 |
Another good solution is FedEx or similar. Just mail it to you, rather than hand carrying it. If you are paranoid, make two shipments with every second roll of film in a different package, so that you only lose an interleaved half of your film.
Also, there is always the option of getting it developed wherever you are as you go along - get one roll done to check the quality of whereever you are going to use. |
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07/18/2003 03:26:14 PM · #7 |
| What the heck is film.. ;-) |
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