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Re: filmscanners: OT:X-ray fogging
Jeff Moore [jbm@oven.com] wrote on Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:34:15 -0400
>Actually... I've been able to get hand-checks of film on the way out
>of Heathrow the last two times -- after polite but dogged insisting. I
>remember reading somewhere that x-raying of film in UK airports ceased
>to be strictly mandatory after Lord Snowdon had some film destroyed...
Well done! The only official way to avoid x-ray is to contact the airport
prior to departure and request hand checking. You will have to have a
good reason for it though - ie you are a professional photographer
carrying a large quantity of high speed film. It's up to the duty manager
whether you are granted this facility.
I guess you were just lucky. I wouldn't count on being able to insist!
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David Gordon
mail@davidgordon.co.uk
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