Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]also i order film through B & H all the time and i think they just mail it through the USPS with no adverse affects. doug On 1/5/05 5:38 AM, "Glenn Stauffer" <alaxsxaq@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 12:03:30 +0100, Douglas M. Sharp > <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote: >> Anybody know what happens to parcels of films? Doesn't the postal system >> have >> similar checking systems for packages? I'm pretty sure that postal >> security >> must >> work along the same lines as airport security, after all a lot of these >> packets >> and parcels are transported by air too. >> Douglas >> > > Isn't it true that airmail is not scanned in the same machines that > luggage passes through? I haven't heard of problems related to > airport scanning, but the film manufacturers and processors put out > advisories when the USPS started installing those electron beam > scanners to sanitize the mail. I've read many advisories to use only > FedEx or UPS to ship unprocessed film. These same advisories suggest > that precautions be taken with any piece of electronic equipment > including cameras, flash memory cards, etc. > > Of course, I've mailed about a dozen rolls of film to A&I with no ill > affects using USPS Priority Mail. I really wasn't considering the > risk; now that I know a bit more, I'll use UPS. > > Glenn > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- doug kim http://www.ricecracker.net/