Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:24 PM 7/15/2004 -0700, you wrote: >Basically what I've found lately is the security people appear to be a tad >smarter and informed re- higher speed films and deliberately ask for >anything 800 and higher, offering hand inspection. > >ted ... but keep in mind that the 400 speed film that you are planning to push will actually end up as 800 or 1600 speed film. I made a label to put on the bags that says "Professional High Speed Film To Be Pushed on Development" I usually have to explain what that means. Unlike Ted, I have had film ruined by x-ray machines. To see what it looks like, scroll to the bottom of this page: http://www.kodak.com/cluster/global/en/service/tib/tib5201.shtml#SEC47 The machines in Russia, Poland, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Morocco, and Iran cannot be trusted. In fact, I wouldn't even stand anywhere near them! I carry a heavy lead-lined bag to those countries because they will not allow you to pass the film around either. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com