angus_wong2 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Bill, unfortunately the fogged film was a while back and I always just throw away film/slides that are less than great (physical storage space is too limited for me); I suppose if anyone wants to do an experiment, one can just mark a film canister with permanent marker and let that through the carry-on X-ray (unprotected) at the airports of your choice to see what happens. However, they are liable to change machines from time to time. Actually, now that I think about it, I don't recall seeing the "Film Safe" sticker on ANY X-ray machine during recent trips... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_thorlin Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Angus - at a rough count in the last few years I have gone through over 15 European airports out of all 4 London airports with never less than 10 rolls of film and not one single case of fogging that I could see - in all instances they were taken as carry on hand luggage and not checked in luggage. On a couple of occasions I have asked about hand inspections and have been told ( politely ) that it was available if I was carrying very fast film of 1600asa and above. In all the threads on this there has never been one instance of anyone posting examples of a fogged film, which is why I asked. As for stickers on machines I cannot comment as I have stopped looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_hicks1 Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Dear Bill, Absolutely. I once TRIED to get some Delta 3200 through as many machines as possible on one trip: London Heathrow, Goa, Bombay, Goa again. Not a problem. But I still try for a hand search when available. It IS cumulative (Ilford research) but flying Concord(e) was more dangerous than the Heathrow X-ray machine. I have yet to find any evidence than the machine can be turned up but I have seen the luggage rewound, passed, rewound again, etc. Luqa (Malta) was clearly unfamiliar with 120. Still no damage after several passes. Cheers, Roger (www.rogerandfrances.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_thorlin Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Roger - perhaps we can manage to clear the fog around this issue once and for all :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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