Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's been really interesting to hear the different experiences on this matter. I haven't had any notable disasters with airport scan machines but then again I rarely use anything higher than ASA400. Only recently started carrying TMZ. I think that the bottom line is that the modern machines in industrialized countries in the east and west work as they claim (i.e. fogging during long flights is a bigger factor). Simply because they are fairly new and regularly maintained. The problem is that western countries among other things dump scan machines into third world. Machines that used to be good at the time when ASA100 was a standard. I'm sure many of them are not well maintained anymore simply because that's difficult and parts are expensive/nonexistent. On the other hand my experience is that it is just so much easier to wiggle through there. Just a polite greeting and the expression for sensitive/film in the local language. Brings amazing amount of good will forward. Lots of places are very lax. Often the metal in my boots does not trip the alarm in the gate which it definitely should. So first try just walking through with everything in the pockets. If not successful stack the film bags in the coin/keys tray, smile and walk again... Kari