RE: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: OT:X-ray fogging

["LAURIE SOLOMON" <LAURIE@advancenet.net>]

They usually know what it is and, unless extraordinarily dumb, do not try
and unroll it.  Remember that 120 and 120 like roll films have been around a
hellava lot longer than 35mm roll film in canisters; and they are likely to
be more common than you think in third world countries were old twin reflex
cameras may still be in use by a large number of those who own cameras and
where one would expect inspectors to a lot less knowledgeable and accepting.
When China or the old Soviet Union put out cheap a knock out camera for sale
in their countries and for export to other countries, it was a 120/220
camera ( Seagull twin lens reflex in the case of China and a Kiev ( Hassy
imitation) in the case of the old USSR).  While Germany and Japan had 35mm
cameras in the 1940s, they were not popular mass owned cameras until much
later and the early ones did not have film that came in canisters but used
films that were rolled in wooden spools with a paper interleaf between
layers and secured with an adhesive strip similar to today's 120/220 rolls.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Larry Ostrom
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 7:23 AM
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: OT:X-ray fogging


>Fogging:   Do the people who do the scanning at the airport know
>what 120 film even is?  Would they want to unroll a 120??  Just to
>see if you have a very tiny "whatever" inside.



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