I'm travelling to Paris from Toronto tomorrow. I'm taking 20-30 rolls of film (120 and 35) in my carry-on. Can I request a hand-check? If they refuse, would the xray machine damage the films? All my films are under 400 ISO. I do have a lead bag but I think that might make the situation worse. I was born in middle east and have middle eastern features so always tend to get checked no matter what and you know how things are now a days with the middle eastern countries. I don't mind the extra inspection as long as my films stay fine!
