RE: travellig with infrared film

["George L Smyth" <glsmyth@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-infrared@xxxxx [mailto:owner-infrared@xxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Tolga Yayalar
> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 3:36 PM
> To: INFRARED@xxxxx
> Subject: travellig with infrared film
>
>
> Hi everybody,
> I will be travelling to overseas this week. I thought it would be good idea
> to take some infrard film (kodak HIE BTW) I know in USA I can ask for hand
> inspection but they say that in Europe it's a problem. Do the Xray machines
> fog the IR film? I know infra red light is on the other side of the
> spectrum, so it seems to be safe but the films are expensive, I don't want
> to lose 10 rolls all at once. Thanks.

The worst thing you can do is to try to hide the film.  Put it in with everything else
with your carry on luggage.  If you try to hide it, they will want to hand check it, and
that's when you'll run into problems.

If you're heading over to the UK, then you won't have to worry about fogging.  Most of the
Western European countries will be fine in this respect.  If you're heading over to the
Middle East or Eastern Europe, then you may just be out of luck.

Cheers -

george

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