That does bring up an interesting point about the 120/220, though: Nothing to shield it. What have people's experiences been with that getting scanned at airports?
t On 7/1/02 3:08 PM, William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Owens > Subject: Re: Carry-on inspection of film -- and an unfortunate > incident > > >>> My photo lab has a sign up warning customers that they've > experienced >>> problems with APS film being fogged by X-ray security > machines, but not >>> other film types. I'll ask them for more info next time I'm > there. >>> >>> Could it have something to do with the magnetic layer on APS > films? >> >> Not likely. Could it be because APS uses a plastic cassette > instead of >> metal, like 35mm? If so, 120 film should also be fogged> > > This is the likely culprit. The steel film can is pretty X-Ray > opaque, with damage coming in via the felt lips and the plastic > spool. APS canisters are X-Ray transparent. They are barely > visible light tight at best anyway. > I would be very hesitant to trust the word of a security goon > about the potential damage from any radiation exuding inspection > device. They are not trained professionals, they are merely > parroting the baboonery from their bureaucrat bosses, who > generally take the best case scenario from the manufacturer of > the equipment and call it the worst case scenario. > > Unfortunately with the present level of paranoia, the traveling > photographer is best advised to buy his film and processing at > the destination, whenever possible, no matter how it impacts the > economies of the photographer and his home processing lab. > > There has never been a guarantee that inspection equipment will > not damage film, the damage is cumulative, and is most likely to > happen to film that has already been exposed. > > William Robb > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
