Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]nathan, here is your proof: http://www.ricecracker.net/test/ the film was superia 1600. i was traveling from los angels to washington, dc post 9/11 and had my film in clear ziploc bags without the cardboard or the canisters. i requested a hand check and was denied and sent my film into the scanner. when i got these proof sheets back, there was a very obvious zig-zag fog pattern across all the film. i asked the lab guys about it and they identified it as x-ray fog which can be distinguished because it appears as a very sharp wave across the negative. the reason i did not like the "just live with it" answer is that it is not a solution but a dismissal. someone else posted that double bagging with lead bags is a way to insure that high speed film will be protected. that is a great answer and a solution that i plan on using from now on. doug On 7/31/02 10:31 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> wrote: > doug kim wrote: > >> "just live with it" is unfortunately not a workable answer right now. i >> have a trip to rural china in a few months and i am still wondering how to >> safely get my high speed film there. > > "Just live with it" is exactly the workable answer. Despite all the urban > legends, > I have yet to see a fogged image caused by carry-on luggage scanners in North > America, Western Europe, Australia/New Zealand or the advanced parts of Asia. > I > routinely travel with Delta 3200, IR film, etc. and have NEVER experienced any > damage, even after several passes. I do not bother asking for hand inspection > even > when I visit the U.S., despite my supposed right to it there. Can someone > actually > furnish PROOF of film that has been damaged by a carry-on scanner in an OECD > country? > > Nathan > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html