Rob, that's unsettling news. I've been universally unable to get hand
checks since Sept 11th. Do you have any more information and would you mind
sharing your source? The x-ray inspections of my carry-on lugage including
in and out of Tokyo twice and in and out of Bangkok and in and out of
Seattle ( yes they x-ray your film when leaving the terminal from
international flights from SeaTac.) all during one trip to Thailand did not
seem to damage my ISO 100 film.
Regards, Ron Carlson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Meier" <robert_meier_photo@yahoo.com>
To: <carlson@olypen.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 9:11 AM
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: X rays was Digital PIC
>
> --- David Hoffman <David@hoffmanphotos.com> wrote:
> > True. But tests in the UK have repeatedly failed to show any X-ray
> > damage even on multiple (I think 16 was the max) passes with MODERN
> > European machines.
>
> The carry-on x-ray machine use a low dose which is more or less evenly
> distributed. Therefore, damages are not very easy to detect, especially
> if there are no small tonal variations. It's a quite different story
> for the new carry-on machines that not only use a much higher dosage
> but also can damage film only partialy. Especially the later makes
> damages much more visible.
>
> Rob
>
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