Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Nathan and everyone else who answered. I was expecting to have the film hand-inspected flying out of Heathrow, so it's dismaying to learn that's not an option. My conclusion is that the cost of two rolls of film is trivial compared to the value of the photos made thereon, so I'm going to buy new film in London and try to have it processed before returning. Back home I'll have my local lab process one of the unexposed rolls, or perhaps part of it, and decide whether to us the rest. ?howard On Sep 27, 2013, at 3:59 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Howard, as for the film, you will get many answers, contradictory I > suspect. Some people swear that the Tri-X got fogged just by approaching > an airport, while others will swear that multiple passes through airport > scanners with TMZ did no harm. I am in the latter category. In any event, > in Europe there is no hand inspection of film, everything goes through the > scanner. > > When I was commuting between Amsterdam and Seville on a weekly basis back > in 2003-2004, I would often just leave a roll in my camera bag between > trips. So I have had rolls of Neopan 1600 (my favorite high speed film) > that passed through airport scanners 3-4 times, both exposed and > unexposed. I have never seen any ill effects. The airports involved were > Amsterdam and various Spanish airports--Seville, Malaga, Madrid mainly. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 27, 2013, at 3:27 AM, Howard Ritter wrote: > >> Cynthia and I are treating ourselves finally to a 20-year ambition, >> crossing the Atlantic on a Cunard liner. It's the Queen Mary 2, sailing >> from New York to Southampton, followed by 6 nights in London. For >> compactness and general touristy stuff I've brought the NEX7 with the kit >> 18-55 plus the 16 with a 12mm converter. For more serious stuff I have an >> M3 wearing a 50/1.4 'Lux, loaded with TXP, and I have a couple rolls of >> TMax 3200. >> >> Question: will the high-speed film survive a single passage thru airport >> security X-ray? I got discombobulated at the last instant taking stuff >> off and putting it into the plastic bin, and the rolls, which I had taken >> out of the bag to ask for hand inspection, stayed in my coat pocket and >> went through in the bin. My thought is to leave the 3200 unused, buy new >> rolls in London, and when I get back, have one of the X-rayed rolls >> developed to see if there's any fogging, then use or toss the remaining >> roll accordingly. But if anyone has reassuring experience, I might go >> ahead and use the rolls in London. >> >> Will have photos to post in a few weeks, but meanwhile here are a couple >> from the ship today. We were treated to a no-extra-cost bonus bit of >> entertainment, courtesy of those nice folks at Cunard. At about 0900 the >> Bridge announced that a solo female transatlantic rower (Halifax to >> France) had lost some equipment in a storm and requested assistance, and >> that the QM2 was going to her aid! Fortunately, our track must have been >> taking us very close to her position, as I was not aware of steaming off >> our usual course. About 1000 (Fernando de Noronha Standard Time) we >> slowed to a dead stop and spotted her a mile off the port bow. And by >> "we" I mean EVERYBODY. I think the whole ship's party (~2000?) except for >> the essential crews was out on the decks to greet her. Tiny partly closed >> yellow craft, about 7 m long, bobbing in swells sometimes deep enough to >> hide her from view even from our elevated position, with a lone figure in >> a black seasuit rowing toward this 1100' ocean liner stopped dead in the >> water for her. She waved and blew kisses and we all cheered and everybody >> had a camera at the ready. The crew tossed out some packages containing a >> satellite phone and a sea anchor, the essentials that she had lost, plus >> some other provisions. She took some pictures of her own, held up a sign >> (which I couldn't read), shouted her thanks, and came over the VHF, which >> the Bridge put over the PA, to thank us all in English and French. She >> retrieved the packages, and the whole ship's company, led by the Bridge >> on the PA, gave her a rousing three cheers. When the wind and her oars >> had taken her to a safe standoff distance, we got underway again. Later >> the Bridge announced that she had told them "this is the best day of my >> life!" Her name is something like Mylene Paquette. She'll surely come up >> in Google and by tomorrow, I should think, there ought to be a little >> news about the QM2 assisting her as well. A couple of photos at: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Fotos/ >> >> >> ?howard >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information