Re: urgent question!

[Clive Warren <Clive.Warren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 9:40 am -0800 22/3/00, Mike Perkowitz wrote:

>in about five hours i'm getting on an airplane. is IR film any more
>sensitive to airport x-ray devices than regular film? the usual thing i
>hear is to carry on all your film (which i'm doing) and that only high
>speed film (1000+) is really harmed by the airport x-rays.
>
>i'll definitely ask for my high speed film to be hand-checked, and maybe
>my 400s and 100s too -- it's all out of the canister in clear baggies. but
>with the IR, am i better off asking for hand-checking and then trying to
>explain that they cant open the canister, or just letting it go through
>the security x-ray?
>
>thanks
>m

Mike,

Quick answer - let it go through the hand luggage scanner.

Long answer - you guessed it, in the Infrared FAQ (URL in sig file).



All the best,

             Clive   http://www.cocam.co.uk
                     Photographic Services, Filters and Equipment, Infrared FAQ
                            http://clive.bel-epa.com
                            Adventures in Cyberspace - Digital Art and Photos


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