Re: Film Inspections

[Ken & Marianne Evans <kenevans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll see your two cents, and raise a penny.....

While it is not always possible in all places in the world, I generally have
found that with a little advance research I can both aquire my film and process
it (or have it custom processed) on location.  On any shooting trek where the
images are important (which is about all of my travels), I do not travel with
unprocessed film.  I make arrangements ahead of time in the location to where I
am heading.  The best starting point is with another photographer in the area.

If one is going from Florida to Canada (example at beginning of this string),
then we have to understand that there are counterparts in Canada who travel to
Florida.....contact one and find out where to buy and process HIE in Canada,
thereby never taking unexposed or unprocessed film through an airport.  Any
added cost of film or processing is cheap, compared to having film trashed by
airport security.  Also, it eliminates the airport delays, and allows one to
check shooting results before leaving an area.......

Theo Benson wrote:

> I had to throw my two cents (I don't know what that is in Guilders...) in
> about film inspections.  I have found that as long as the film box is
> sealed, most places will pass it through hand inspection.  And the
> suggestion made earlier about showing credientials is very correct!  It's
> helped me several times.  There is one notorious and noteable exception,
> however:  London's Heath-Rowe Airport.  They will NOT hand inspect ANYTHING.
> Plan on having your film, whether in the box or just in the plastic
> containter, sent through the x-ray machine. Coming back from Egypt I calmly
> showed my National Press Photographers Association, American Society of
> Media Photographers, and even my wire service press ID, and I might as well
> have been talking to robots on an assembly line.  And forget about those
> x-ray proof lead bags.  The minute the machine operator sees anything that's
> opaque (like the lead bag) their suspicion is immediately aroused.  Then one
> of two things happens: 1) they jack up the exposure (usually on checked
> baggage inspection), or 2) they ask you to take the film out of the bag, and
> then send the film through the machine anyway.
>
> TTFN,
> Theo
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