Judging from your comments, the warnings Kodak and Fuji have on their websites and Jack Phipps' nightmare with taking film on board, I believe I will buy and process film in Europe because I'm there long enough.
On a tangent, here's some info from Kodak's web site about mailing film http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/aboutKodak/sanitize.shtml which appears to be safe. Interestingly Fuji states that mailing film via the USPS may be worse than x-ray scanning film at the airport. http://www.fujifilm.com/filmsafety/xray.pdf Thank you for the tips everyone. Herb -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Hersch Nitikman Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 1:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc No, the lead lined bags are not good enough any longer for checked luggage. Many airports (and they won't say which) are now equipped with much more powerful X-Rays than they used to use. They WILL damage film, especially high speed film. [cut] Original Message ----- From: "Jack Phipps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:40 AM Subject: RE: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc | I just got back from NYC in early November. They would not let me have my film hand inspected. I begged, pleaded and threatened. The only time I could get it hand inspected was at La Guardia. I had about 15 rolls out of boxes in a zip lock. The took each canister out and swabbed it, about 1-2 minutes for each. Thirty minutes later, I left with my film. My film went through three different x-ray machines. When I changed planes in Kansas City, I had to go through security again. [cut]
