Re: Photographing Egypt

2006-05-14 Thread Kenneth Waller
lock bags carry it in my carry on luggage. Requests for hand checking have met with mixed results from we don't do that here to wait, I'll get my supervisor to do that to sure no problem. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Adam McKenty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Photographing

Photographing Egypt

2006-05-13 Thread Adam McKenty
Hi Folks, I'm going to Egypt in a few days, and -- since I haven't been quite convinced to switch to digital -- I have some questions about film and such. First, what is the current situation with airport x-rays? I had heard that any film below about 800 would be fine, but a NG guide I

Re: Photographing Egypt

2006-05-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
it It's the check-in luggage scanners that are powerful, not the carry-on. Carry-on seems to be okay for films below ISO 800. However, when I shot film, I almost always carried all of it in a lead bag. When it showed up as a shield on the scanner, the airport folks hand checked it. Always

Re: Photographing Egypt

2006-05-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
On May 13, 2006, at 5:54 PM, Adam McKenty wrote: Hi Folks, I'm going to Egypt in a few days, and -- since I haven't been quite convinced to switch to digital -- I have some questions about film and such. First, what is the current situation with airport x-rays? I had heard that any film

Re: Photographing Egypt

2006-05-13 Thread japilado
I recently traveled to Italy. I took along 3 rolls of ISO 100 slide film (shot mainly digital, but wanted slides, too) that were scanned several times at certain museums, and, of course at airports. I kept the film in my camera bag that I had with me all of the time. The slides looked normal

Re: Photographing Egypt

2006-05-13 Thread Aaron Reynolds
-Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subj: Re: Photographing Egypt Date: Sat May 13, 2006 6:03 pm Size: 1K To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net it It's the check-in luggage scanners that are powerful, not the carry-on. Carry-on seems to be okay for films below ISO 800. However

Re: Photographing Egypt

2006-05-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subj: Re: Photographing Egypt Date: Sat May 13, 2006 6:03 pm Size: 1K To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net it It's the check-in luggage scanners that are powerful, not the carry-on. Carry-on seems to be okay for films below ISO 800. However, when I shot film, I almost

Re: Photographing Egypt

2006-05-13 Thread John Francis
higher, it'll be okay. ME: Um, 3200 is more than triple 1000, not a small amount at all.) -Aaron -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subj: Re: Photographing Egypt Date: Sat May 13, 2006 6:03 pm Size: 1K To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net it It's