Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think traveling with film is DEAD, even if the technology produces good images/effects. In truth, having seen Charlie Cramer's digital prints there is more you can do in the computer even if you were A Adams. Alastair > I struggled with x-rays for years. It was impossible to travel with high > speed film unless you used lead-lined bags and/or asked for the film to be > passed around the x-ray machine. Sometimes the airport people were > sympathetic. Other times they were just plain stubborn and insisted on > putting all film through the x-rays, even though there were warnings on > high-speed film that it would be ruined by x-rays. Heathrow and Moscow > were the worst. I had all of my high-speed film ruined by x-rays in those > airports. This is the main reason I haven't fought the switch to digital. > > Tina > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:48 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: > >> >> So if this is true then you cannot carry film when you travel by air, >> and >> this is my major interest in photography. If I cannot use film on my >> travels I will soon lose any skills I have. >> >> I rang a friend last week before come to the USA and he just said: "you >> should think about getting one of those new digital camera things". I >> will >> enjoy the darkroom workshop, but there is a sword hanging over the >> darkroom and the thread holding it is very thin!! >> >> Perhaps I need to GROW UP ;-) >> >> That became longer than I expected, but kept me awake!!! >> >> Alastair >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >