Re: [Leica] Travel and film

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>]

Lee

Ooops!  I thought that these would be pictures of England.  Sorry
for looking.

Jerry

Sonny Carter wrote:

> If ever a set of shots left me wanting to see more of them, these did. I
> especially liked this
>
> http://www.englandphotographic.com/thedock.html
>
> Dang, boy, you're good!
>
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lee England" <engl6914@cableone.net>
> To: "leica-users (for posts)" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 1:48 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Travel and film
>
> > Regarding travel and film I'm reminded of an incident in the Jackson,
> Miss.
> > Airport 10 months ago.  I put my 35 mm film without plastic canisters into
> a
> > ziplock and asked for a hand check at security.  It was hand checked all
> > right.  After a wand was passed over it I was informed the canisters had
> > flunked 3 out of 3 tests for C4 plastic explosive and was I in the
> military
> > or the police.  By then I had four burly uniformed guards around me while
> I
> > tried to explain how I was just going to the LSU-Florida game and really
> > wished I'd run this film through Xray.  Then the Delta rep was brought in
> to
> > peer at me and the film.  The plane's ready to pull away.  Finally they
> let
> > me on with the film.
> >     Since then I've put the film--ASA 400, Ilford--in a lead bag and run
> it
> > through XRay with the camera in the Domke bag.  Only once has the film
> been
> > pulled out of the lead bag for inspection, including trips through
> Gatwick,
> > Charles de Gaulle, Atlanta, Jackson, Jacksonville, Boston, Baton Rouge,
> > Houston, Leon (Mexico) and New Orleans.  Much faster and quicker, and I've
> > had no problem with the film.
> >
> > On another note, after a lot of frustrating effort with Adobe Go Live I've
> > managed to make an internet site for photos of these various trips and of
> > other wanderings through the backwoods of Mississippi in a Range Rover,
> > almost all taken with an M2---www.englandphotographic.com
> >
> > Lee England
> > Natchez, Miss.
> >
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