Re: travelling with HIE

[Clive Warren <Clive.Warren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:39 pm -0400 23/10/00, PRfisheye@xxxxxxx 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.
>
>Patrick


This is a bad idea!

If you use a lead lined box and the hand luggage machine cannot "see" 
through it, the contents will be hand searched.

Check out the Infrared FAQ (URL in sig. file) for the full story on 
travelling with Infrared Film.

Section 10.Airports and Film

-- 
All the best,

              Clive   http://www.cocam.co.uk
                      Photographic Services, Filters and Equipment, Infrared FAQ
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