Re: Off-topic yet again Was: X-RAY altert at GATWICK

[Bob Atherton <gdm12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marc F. Hult wrote:

> Sheesh ... Yet another new thread/post that is way off-topic for this list.
> (And FWIW, with a claim that doesn't jive with my dozens of uneventful
> flights though Gatwick.)
>
> As the thread originator Jignesh Jhaveri himself recently wrote "lets all
> get back to panoramas".
>
> So please ... enough of this chatter. Take it to usenet or aol or private
> mail if you are so inclined, but have some respect for this list and its
> stated purpose.
>
> HTH ... Marc
>
> Marc F. Hult
> hult@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> hult at hydrologist dot com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jignesh Jhaveri [mailto:jigneshjhaveri@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 2:49 AM
> > To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: X-RAY altert at GATWICK
> >
> >
> > At Gatwick, the military chaps insist on EVERYTHING going thru the
> > X-Ray machine, no matter what you say, and god help you if you have a
> > film bag (x-ray resistant), they rip it out and pass it thru, and
> > point to the big sign above "FILM SAFE". what a joke, my my 25 asa
> > Kodak Techincal Pan, 50 asa velvia and HIE infrared were all fogged
> > with streaks. I'm not even going to say anything about the higher
> > speed film which was RUINED. Be careful never fly out of GATWICK
> > (biggest mistake on that trip)
> >
> > JJ
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> >

Come on Marc, give us some slack here.

OK, maybe this topic is not *absolutely* down the straight & narrow road of
panoramic photography, but I bet 90% of us found this mail of interest.  A lot
of the discussion on this group I just give a cursory glance at because it is
often of a technical nature, with reference to a camera that I don't use or
have any interest in.  I am sure though that most of us at some time have been
or will be taking film though an airport.  I feel the panoramic 'umbrella' is
large enough to encompass this topic.    Bob Atherton