Re: travelling with HIE

["R. C. Lacovara" <lacovara@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Something which puzzles me is this:

Hand-carry X-ray machines are claimed safe for film. This has been my 
experience, as well. What is the purpose of the lead film bag, then? To 
discourage the security folks from pawing your film (not a bad reason, 
actually...)?

Checked-baggage x-ray machines can produce 1/3 stop of fogging per pass, 
according to something I read not long ago in some photographic magazine 
which ran tests. That's bad news indeed. But I carry my film anymore, since 
my luggage once sat on the ramp for a day in Carribean sunshine, and then a 
thunderstorm...

Regards,

Bob
At 10:39 PM 10/23/00, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I travel frequently throughout the US and I always carry HIE with me. I have
>found that if the film is in its original sealed box, the inspectors will not
>open it up. If you are going to send it through airport xray machines, I
>would suggest you put it into a lead film bag first.

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