Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Daniel (and others who replied). My conclusion is not to worry about it and just take the film as I would do with 35mm. Nathan Daniel Ridings wrote: > Nathan, > > I've carried it through multiple scans without any issues, ISO 400 films. > > I have never taken Delta 3200 through an x-ray scan. It's not worth > the risk. > > I didn't take any particular precautions. Maybe the metalic wrappers > around all of these (400TX, HP5+ and APX400 while it lasted) helped. > > I've heard (but we have ALL heard so much about these things) that if > you try and protect it with heavy lead bags etc, that it just results > in the operator jacking up the juice to try and get through to the > contents. Defeats its purpose. Those who use lead bags and say they > never had problems, implying that the lead bag is protecting them, > probably would not have had problems anyway. > > The hand-baggage check is not much of a problem. Never has been. > > The check-in baggage really gets a jolt. Even the local airport here > warns against that. > > Daniel > > > On 2/18/07, Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote: >> Next month I am going for a week to Val d'Isere. Because I need to >> travel light, taking the DSLR outfit is out of the question, so instead >> I will be taking the Ricoh GRD and the Bronica rangefinder outfit--it >> all fits in the Domke 803 shoulder bag. >> >> I will be flying from Amsterdam to Geneva. I have never before flown >> carrying medium format film, but I remember reading somewhere that it is >> more prone to fogging from the hand luggage x-rays because the film is >> not enclosed in a metal canister, as is the case with 35mm film. I have >> flown with 35mm on many occasions, including Neopan 1600, and have never >> seen any sign of fogging, even after 4-6 passes through x-ray machines. >> The MF film I will be taking will be no faster than 400. Should I be >> taking any special precautions other than the obvious one of not putting >> the film in checked baggage? >> >> Nathan >> >> -- >> Nathan Wajsman >> Almere, The Netherlands >> >> Opportunistic Image Acquisition >> >> General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com >> >> Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman >> http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 >> Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com >> >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> >> SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands Opportunistic Image Acquisition General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS!