[photo-3d] Airport X-rays

[Edwin Clements <eclements@xxxxxxxxx>]

From: Edwin Clements <eclements@xxxxxxxxx>

I think they are not allowed to, or do not, routinely
x-ray mail.  I would imagine if you ship it by UPS or
FED EX or something it would go on one of their own
airplanes.  You could always ask them about it.  

A couple of years ago I tried a little experiment with
these X-ray machines that x-ray your carry-on luggage.
I took 2 of these disposable cameras with 800-speed
film in them, ran one of them through various airport
x-ray machines 12 times, shot the whole roll on both
cameras (actually I set them up as a twin-rig stereo
setup, probably the cheapest one you'll ever see -
they were taped to a ruler about 6" long), then took
the one that I had previously run through the x-ray
and ran it through more airport x-ray machines 12 more
times (24 total, 12 before and 12 after exposure), and
then sent them both in to get developed.  If there was
any difference in them, it was barely noticeable.  

This may not necessarily be true for airport x-ray
machines in other countries.









Edwin Clements wrote

> One thing you DO NOT want to do is put it in your
> checked baggage on the airline.  They have these new
> X-ray machines that they X-ray luggage with that can
> ruin film easily.  Some people (including a crew
from
> National Geographic) have found this out the hard
way.
> You don't know which airports they are going to be
> using them at.  So if you take it with you, take it
as
> carry-on items and have it hand-inspected.
> 
> If you have it shipped to Hawaii by B&H it should
not
> be a problem.

Hmm -- if you have B&H ship it to Hawaii by air, won't
it get the same
x-ray treatment that luggage gets?  Does anybody know
for sure?

One of the photography magazines recently had an
apparently well
researched article about the x-ray machines used for
check in luggage,
and some of the new machines really do ruin film
severely.  The ones
used for carry-on luggage are apparently less harmful,
but it's easy
enough to separate your film from the other carry-on
items and have it
manually checked without subjecting it to the x-rays. 
Remember to remove any partially exposed rolls from
your cameras if you
are packing any cameras in your check in luggage! 

Cordially,
Oliver Dean




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