Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don Dory wrote: > Unless it is your livelihood and/or your reputation I would just carry the > film onboard. > > I'll say it again. Lately, I have been traveling several times a week with > 1600 speed film through the scanners and occasionally when the luggage > nazi's get rambunctious through the checked scanners. At no time has my > film shown any signs of fogging. Most of the time the rolls get scanned > many multiple times as I buy bricks that may take several weeks to consume.<<< Hi Don, It's what I've been saying for sometime here and on the LEG. Just take your film on board as carry on and don't sweat it!!!! However, both you and I are beating our heads on a concrete post trying to help our members get over this non-problem of carry on scanner hand baggage effects. Yep if one is crazy enough to put film in as "checked baggage" .... then suffer the consequences as everyone has been warned repeatedly about checked bags scanners and that it will likely fry your film, exposed or not! But carry on wont, nor can the operator turn it up to see through etc! Can't happen, despite whatever some think happens due to a couple times of their bag going back and forth. I've said and will say it one more time, just ask for a hand inspection and if it looks like some dim whit security person is going to hand hold and check 50 to 200 rolls, just tell him to throw it on the scanner belt and get on with life! Then pick-up the bag and go get on your plane! Stay cool, get seated and order a single malt scotch and enjoy yer flight! KISS folks. keep it simple, fly easy, carry on your film!! ted - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html