Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Inspectors at CDG hand-inspected my film. I had it in tupperware with TMZ mixed in with TMY and Kodachrome. I did have TMZ box taped to the outside of tupperware with the "Do Not X-ray" prominently displayed. They did hand check each of the rolls but the bottom line is that I won. Carl George Berger wrote: > > Hi, Bob - > > You shouldn't have any trouble getting through both Immigration and > Customs entering France. At DeGaulle, the customs personnel are > overworked and underpaid, and you can get through without a hassle. > > However; on departure, your film may go through their machines. I > had mine in transparent cases and in plastic bags - - "salted" with > several rolls of Kodak 3200. I respectfully asked for a manual search > of my film. No dice! The inspectors demanded that I put the packages > on the conveyor belt to run through the machine. Yuck! The > machines had notices posted that proclaimed that the x-rays wouldn't > fog the film. None of my ASA 50, 100 and 200 chromes were apparently > affected, but, when I had my local lab develop the 3200 B&W, there > was clear evidence of attenuation. I hadn't exposed any of the 3200 > rolls - - I just had them in the bunch for salting and, later, for > QC. The film was fogged. > > George > George Berger > gberger@his.com - -- Carl Socolow http://members.tripod.com/SocPhoto/