William, Good to know - not necessarily good news. One option was to only take the 67 and the little digicam. That way, I would only be carrying 120 film. You know how it comes in the airtight wrapper - It seems the Kodak ones are plastic, but the Fuji and Agfa ones seem more like a very thin metal foil. I'm guessing that those wouldn't go through the detector. I could always unwrap them, but then that doesn't seem like too good of an idea. What do you think?
Maybe only a Kodak trip? Bruce Sunday, February 2, 2003, 7:42:24 PM, you wrote: WR> ----- Original Message ----- WR> From: "Bruce Dayton" WR> Subject: New Thread - Air Travel and film >> >> Anyway, I am wondering what the current state of film going through >> the detectors is. Is there any noticeable damage coming from the >> x-ray machines? At what speed is the film problematic? WR> In a word, ruined. WR> So far this winter I have seen something like a dozen customers with film WR> that has been fogged past redemption by the x-ray devices. WR> Most of them had packed their film in checked lugguge, not carry on. WR> Film speed wasn't an issue, 100 speed was nearly as wrecked as 800, the WR> difference being that on the 100 you could tell that the film had discreet WR> frames on it if you held it up to a bright enough light. WR> Several customers insisted that their film had been in carry on luggage and WR> had been run through those machines, after recieving assurance from the WR> security people that it was perfectly safe. WR> If you are taking 120 film only, it might be an idea to put as many rolls as WR> you can into a photo vest and wear them onto the plane. WR> William Robb
