Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/27

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Xray machines
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 15:46:15 -0500

Yup! I got away with it...But as I said, it was all visible in the ziplock
bag -  no canisters, nada....I may ahve just been lucky....I like your lead
bag idea, by the way...clever...

B. D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Tina Manley
> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 3:30 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Xray machines
>
>
> At 02:20 PM 10/27/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >inspection process a breeze, and I don't remember what had blown up at
> >around the time, but I know that at Heathrow they were being particularly
> >careful/paranoid. :-)
> >
>
> Do you mean they allowed you to have the film hand-inspected at Heathrow!
> That is one of the few airports in the world where I have never managed to
> convince them to hand-inspect.  They have always insisted that the film go
> through the x-ray machine.  I pack my film in ziplock bags or Tupperware,
> but I also carry lead bags in my carry-on bag so that I can stick the film
> in them if they refuse to hand-inspect.  The lead bag shows up as
> a blob on
> the x-ray so they have to open it up and hand-inspect, which is what I
> asked for in the first place!
>
> Leically,
>
> Tina
>
>
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> <http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html>
> <http://www.aperture-photo.com/site/reportage/manley/manleyframeset.html>
> <http://members.tripod.com/~Tina_Manley/>
>
>
>