Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would not send Tmax 3200 through airport x-rays, not even once. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 9/26/13 9:27 PM, "Howard Ritter" <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: >Cynthia and I are treating ourselves finally to a 20-year ambition, >crossing the Atlantic on a Cunard liner. It's the Queen Mary 2, sailing >from New York to Southampton, followed by 6 nights in London. For >compactness and general touristy stuff I've brought the NEX7 with the kit >18-55 plus the 16 with a 12mm converter. For more serious stuff I have an >M3 wearing a 50/1.4 'Lux, loaded with TXP, and I have a couple rolls of >TMax 3200. > >Question: will the high-speed film survive a single passage thru airport >security X-ray? I got discombobulated at the last instant taking stuff >off and putting it into the plastic bin, and the rolls, which I had taken >out of the bag to ask for hand inspection, stayed in my coat pocket and >went through in the bin. My thought is to leave the 3200 unused, buy new >rolls in London, and when I get back, have one of the X-rayed rolls >developed to see if there's any fogging, then use or toss the remaining >roll accordingly. But if anyone has reassuring experience, I might go >ahead and use the rolls in London. > >Will have photos to post in a few weeks, but meanwhile here are a couple >from the ship today. We were treated to a no-extra-cost bonus bit of >entertainment, courtesy of those nice folks at Cunard. At about 0900 the >Bridge announced that a solo female transatlantic rower (Halifax to >France) had lost some equipment in a storm and requested assistance, and >that the QM2 was going to her aid! Fortunately, our track must have been >taking us very close to her position, as I was not aware of steaming off >our usual course. About 1000 (Fernando de Noronha Standard Time) we >slowed to a dead stop and spotted her a mile off the port bow. And by >"we" I mean EVERYBODY. I think the whole ship's party (~2000?) except for >the essential crews was out on the decks to greet her. Tiny partly closed >yellow craft, about 7 m long, bobbing in swells sometimes deep enough to >hide her from view even from our elevated position, with a lone figure in >a black seasuit rowing toward this 1100' ocean liner stopped dead in the >water for her. She waved and blew kisses and we all cheered and everybody >had a camera at the ready. The crew tossed out some packages containing a >satellite phone and a sea anchor, the essentials that she had lost, plus >some other provisions. She took some pictures of her own, held up a sign >(which I couldn't read), shouted her thanks, and came over the VHF, which >the Bridge put over the PA, to thank us all in English and French. She >retrieved the packages, and the whole ship's company, led by the Bridge >on the PA, gave her a rousing three cheers. When the wind and her oars >had taken her to a safe standoff distance, we got underway again. Later >the Bridge announced that she had told them "this is the best day of my >life!" Her name is something like Mylene Paquette. She'll surely come up >in Google and by tomorrow, I should think, there ought to be a little >news about the QM2 assisting her as well. A couple of photos at: > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Fotos/ > > >?howard > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information