Re: Film Inspections

[Michel Wurtz - LTE <mw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George L Smyth wrote:
> The best thing to do is to understand that x-raying film (with the exception of
> the high-speed film like TMZ) will not hurt it.  I've traveled to the British
> Isles and just left my IR film in with my carry-on luggage.  No fogging, no
> problem.  I would think that you are just asking for problems when asking for
> your film to be hand checked.  Of course, this could well be different for 120
> or sheet film.

I agree with you.  Never had any problem with films inside my carry-on
luggages.  On a lot of x-ray machines (in France) you can read
"safe up to 1600 ISO" with a pictogram of a camera.

I think you can trust this in any country where there is a medical
attention to workers : If you increase the level of X-ray, you can
expose too much the people in charge of the machine, so this kind
of equipment is regularly checked.  I think also (someone to confirm ?)
that the amount of X-ray will probably decrease as the source get
older... then the X-ray level will not increase between two
maintenace...
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                1, quai Koch - BP 1039, F-67070 STRASBOURG cedex
                Tel: +33 03.88.25.34.62  Fax: +33 03.88.37.04.97
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