Hi Richard,
I think I’ll try to take them as carry on and ask of manual inspection. Worst
case they go through - once.
That means I’ll have to pack the wheels of cheese in my checked bags :-P
Thor
On 8 Dec 2017, at 18:41, Richard Urmonas <richard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thor,
I have travelled with 150 rolls as hand carry as an amateur with no one
even having a second thought.
My current method is to pack film in a single layer in a clear zip-lock
bag (multiple bags if taking more film). At the airport I take the
bags out of my carry on, and place just a single bag in a tray (no
other items). That way it goes through the x-ray at minimum power. I
make sure my items are before and after the films so they do not go to
high power when the films are near the x-ray. I have done many trips
with this method many with 4+ x-rays and 400 ASA film with no problems
and only once a young x-ray operator pulled the tray and said "oh its
film" then let it go on.
Richard
On Fri, 8 Dec 2017 17:11:01 +0000
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Well, whatever you decide, best of luck! And what a great find!
Cheers,
Dave
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Hi Dave,
yes, I could repack it so that I could carry it with me. Like you,
I’ve never had problems asking for manual check in security, and the
last few years seems to have gotten easier that way compared to
before. I’m just thinking that showing up with 50-60 rolls all at
once might be a bit much. It might be that one pass through an x-ray
won’t really matter much.
Thanks for the thoughts.
Thor
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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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