Freakscene
Obscure member
Cargo is unlikely to be CT scanned.
Mos6502
Well-known
Packages sometimes get X-rayed, but I don't think anything goes through a CT scanner.
Don't expect much from that film though. I gave away dozens of expired Kodacolor II and VR 126 cartridges years ago because none of it would give even the slightest result when developed (all expired in the 80s).
Don't expect much from that film though. I gave away dozens of expired Kodacolor II and VR 126 cartridges years ago because none of it would give even the slightest result when developed (all expired in the 80s).
Prest_400
Multiformat
I am planning a trip to SE Asia, and going through at least a hub that for sure has CT scanners. The particular difficulty is not knowing/having ensured a handcheck even if some photographers report getting handchecks in CT scan security points, it is still up to the personnel's discretion.
Somehow I got a lead bag for cheap, so will be carrying it and using as fallback protection. I am considering different routings, and perhaps will layover in a large Asian city with film labs. TBH the buy and develop at destination can partly work, but it depends a lot on time and logistics. It's also like, rural SE Asia isn't the best place for that. I also travel a lot intra-EU and a week home doesn't give me enough time to buy+develop locally. B&W I do myself back, so it has to travel around.
Lina is taking an initiative with Silvergrain Classics to heighten the hand check requirement to the EU, as to have something equivalent to TSA's policy.
At the moment I have no plans to travel east with a layover in Heathrow or Paris but I have heard the negative experiences about handchecks. Might be traveling to NYC next year, but purchasing film there is simple.
Somehow I got a lead bag for cheap, so will be carrying it and using as fallback protection. I am considering different routings, and perhaps will layover in a large Asian city with film labs. TBH the buy and develop at destination can partly work, but it depends a lot on time and logistics. It's also like, rural SE Asia isn't the best place for that. I also travel a lot intra-EU and a week home doesn't give me enough time to buy+develop locally. B&W I do myself back, so it has to travel around.
Lina is taking an initiative with Silvergrain Classics to heighten the hand check requirement to the EU, as to have something equivalent to TSA's policy.
It would take me quite a bit to fetch the specific source, some user (Photrio maybe) emailed the Department of Transportation in UK. The response they had was that traditional X ray is never hand checked below ISO 800, but they do handcheck on the CT scan points.
At the moment I have no plans to travel east with a layover in Heathrow or Paris but I have heard the negative experiences about handchecks. Might be traveling to NYC next year, but purchasing film there is simple.
Coldkennels
Barnack-toting Brit.
There are three airports in London (and at least two more which claim to be connected to London but really aren't). Being based near London, I've flown from them all (and with film). I've had hand-checks every single time. Heathrow is definitely the worst of the three (especially Terminal 5, the newest one); Gatwick and London City are much more accommodating. But in general, if you're not an ass, they'll hand scan for you.
It helps if you have at least one film over 400 ISO with you - or if you mark up a roll of 400 as "push to 1600", but you might have to explain what that means!
valdas
Mentor
I fly from Helsinki on a regular basis - they do hand inspection very politely. In Europe, you can add Riga airport (so far they have both old and CT, but, I assume, soon it will only be CT).
Ororaro
Well-known
Good ass, bad ass, Heathrow is intergallactically renowned to be mega rigid. You were maybe an extra nice ass to them? Care to share your technique?
I personally wouldn’t know how to be an ass, even if I tried, while waiting in line for a checkup.
Bill Clark
Mentor
It’s usually not a problem.
Last trip forgot to mention film on my trip out.
I put film in a Zip Lock bag.
Only use black and white film anymore. Pan F Plus and Delta 100 favorites. Rolleiflex or Leica. Mic-X developer.
Last trip forgot to mention film on my trip out.
I put film in a Zip Lock bag.
Only use black and white film anymore. Pan F Plus and Delta 100 favorites. Rolleiflex or Leica. Mic-X developer.
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Archiver
Mentor
A friend of mine was in the army. One time, he had to pass through Australian domestic airport security in uniform that had been worn during live fire drills. They had to swab him, of course, and asked why he tested positive! The answer was self evident, but I think he had to show them his army ID.
Joao
Negativistic forever
Berlin Airport, January 2024.
I had two Fuji 800 rolls re-spooled in plastic reusable cassettes in my trousers pockets. Like other passengers, I went through a surface whole-body scanner (feet wide apart, arms stretched). A green silhouette (mine) was visible on their monitor – with two red dots over my pockets !!! I had to hand them both rolls that were imediately passed through the scanner where all carry-on luggage was routinely screened. No time for explanations.
I was not aware that they were able to detect small plastic items with such accuracy…
The good part : the negatives showed no visible damage, after all this.
Regards
Joao
I had two Fuji 800 rolls re-spooled in plastic reusable cassettes in my trousers pockets. Like other passengers, I went through a surface whole-body scanner (feet wide apart, arms stretched). A green silhouette (mine) was visible on their monitor – with two red dots over my pockets !!! I had to hand them both rolls that were imediately passed through the scanner where all carry-on luggage was routinely screened. No time for explanations.
I was not aware that they were able to detect small plastic items with such accuracy…
The good part : the negatives showed no visible damage, after all this.
Regards
Joao
lukx
Well-known
Berlin airport still uses the standard scanners, no CT scanners there.
Freakscene
Obscure member
Indeed - there are curious combinations of CT body and metal detectors, x-ray and CT carry on luggage scanners and low- and high-intensity x-rays and multi-angle CT scanners (such as the CTX-5000, which was introduced in 1994) in airports. The type of scan you get at one point in the chain is independent of the type of scan your carry-on and checked-in luggage receives.
girdwoodINC
Member
Edinburgh have one new scanner and point blank refuse to hand scan saying that even high speed film can go through 35 times - didn’t want to argue, so will see how the rolls of portra 800 and delta 3200 will turn out in a couple of weeks…lovely
Bingley
Mentor
FWIW, last September I flew from San Francisco to Frankfurt with at nearly a dozen rolls of film, mainly TMax 400 and Portra 160. I had no problem obtaining a hand-check of the film at SFO security and in any event they told me that they were still using the old x-ray scanners that did not damage film at or below iso 800. I'll be traveling again soon, from Sacramento and SFO, and will update on the scanning situation.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Please let us know how they turned out when you develop them.
Freakscene
Obscure member
And how you’ve assessed them 👍🏻 Please 🙏🏻