Checked luggage is definitely a no-no. They use a much higher powered x-ray for
checked bags than the normal carry on screening.
I guess I’ll go for carry on and ask for manual.
Thor
On 8 Dec 2017, at 18:37, Jan Decher <wanderjan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, my last stash of 120 rolls of Neopan 400 were definitely fogged in
checked luggage during my move to Germnay from Vermont in Aug. of 2012. They
probably were x-rayed first by Jet Blue and then by Singapore Airlines. Maybe
more, because part of my luggage arrived here 4 days late (no compensation by
Singapore Airlines).
Manual check request with carry-on are hit and miss these days. Some do it
some don’t. With Eurowings to Bologna last summer it was handchecked on the
way out (lots of discussion among security) and “definitely no handcheck” on
the way back.
Jan
On 8 Dec 2017, at 17:24, David Stumpp <photos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:photos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Thor,
Will you be traveling with the film and could you carry it with you?
I frequently travel between UK/US and UK/EU, and I've never had any
noticeable troubles with x-rays, and I have done my share of worrying about
it. I've heard that only faster film might have trouble passing through an
x-ray, and on those occasions when I was carrying something of higher
speed, I simply asked for my film to be inspected by hand. No security
personnel has ever refused my request.
Best,
Dave
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Subject: [rollei_list] Safely transporting unexposed film?
While packing up some things for an impending move, I found another box of
APX100! Yay! 50 more rolls.
However, I don’t want to put them in the container, as the temperature
inside will most probably vary widely. Nor do I want to check them into my
luggage, as the x-rays used there are quite strong, and taking a box of 50
rolls as carry on for manual check seems a bit much.
I was thinking perhaps I could simply put them in the mail and send them
that way, but am not sure if mail these days is x-ray’ed or not.
Any suggestions for safe transportation of 50 rolls of film in a box? From
Europe to the USA.
Thanks!
Thor
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