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Highly likely Mike parcels get Xrayed. Probably with a higher rated X machine as well. Neil.
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There must be a way around this situation some how, surely?
How do film manufacturers send their films and papers all around the world without getting fogged? Terry S |
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Terry, It seems only a hand search can do this. But from what I've heard there is chance they my not always do this. So you could travel and be lucky or simply told it has to go through the scanner. Neil.
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Has anyone from the UK been to Europe and back recently with film in their luggage? If so, how did it work out? Was there any evidence of the scanners affecting the film, or did you manage to have it checked by hand? It would be great to know as I’m flying next week. I was looking forward to using both 35mm and cine, until I remembered this thread!
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Current experience with X-ray scanners - May 2022
VinceInMT Monday at 3:56 PM B&W: Film, Paper, Chemistry Alex, the above is a reference to a recent thread I don't know how to paste the whole thread here so you can read it It is not conclusive, few things on Photrio seldom are, but a US member describes his recent experience when flying to Europe and perhaps more importantly a European member describes his when flying to another country within Europe It is currently on page 3 of what is termed "New Posts" Mods: is there any way to transpose a whole thread from Photrio to her? If so would somebody explain in as simple a way as possible how to do this Mike |
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Here is the original post that Mike refers to, followed by a link to the actual conversation, if anyone wants to read the whole thread.
BTW Mike, I have just copied and pasted this part of the thread, as that seems the simplest way to go. Quote:
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Thanks Terry. I did consider this but of course the thread has many posts some of which were probably more useful than the OP's but copying and pasting all the thread makes it massive
The OP was asked a question about whether the scanners he went through were the older X Ray or the new CT Scanners and he didn't seem to know which was why the later posts from I think the European member Koraks was more helpful I notice when I google photography matters it always seems to come up with threads from FADU and Photrio so there has to be a way but it might be incredibly complicated for us but easy for Google. I just don't know Mike |
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The ferry alternative
I travelled from Portsmouth to Bilbao, Spain on the Brittany Ferries Salamanca, a nice new Chinese ship, a few days ago. There was a security inspection hall at the outbound port but we were waved through. We were carrying a 10X brick of 120 Delta 100 and some loose rolls in our Mini but there was no search. I'll let you know about fog in due course (our dog and its paperwork attracted more attention).
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I have, several times, seen a scanner in a French motorway service station. The vertical towers are carried on two trailers and trucks have to pass between them. The armed operators don't encourage detailed examination, so that's all I can relate. |
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Thanks Mike, Terry and Jonathon. That is all helpful. The pasted post is worth reading. The poster gives great detail of his travels. I’m inclined to take a chance and see what happens. I’m flying from Edinburgh to the new Berlin airport, and later from Glasgow to Venice. The films will have two passes at most, and any I buy on location only one. I had intended doing some colour negative, but given the outrageous cost, I don’t want to risk it. I’ll stick to B&W. A fogged roll of Standard 8 would be a disaster, so I might forget about that for the time being.
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