One reason that fairly leaps to mind is being familiar
with the particular lot (batch) of film brought, as
well as knowing how it has been handled.
Pat
--- Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr>
wrote:
> Buy film at your destination, and have it developed
> there before you return.
> Unless you are venturing into the Third World (and
> even if you are, sometimes),
> this will give you photographs just as clean as
> taking your own film with you in
> both directions, and the danger of fogging (or other
> unpleasantness) is
> eliminated.
>
> I've never understood why photographers lug hundreds
> of rolls of film around the
> world when film and development are available
> practically everywhere on the
> planet. What's so special about film and
> development at home?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lynn Allen" <ktrout@hotmail.com>
> To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 22:59
> Subject: filmscanners: OT:X-ray fogging
>
>
> > Some weeks ago there was a thread about fogged
> negs from airport X-rays.
> > This is to put everyone on notice that if you
> travel in the US, fogging is a
> > strong possibility, because it just happened to me
> on a trip from Cleveland
> > to Seattle--neither of which are particularly
> effective smuggling ports.
> >
> > I am not from Jamaica, I am not Black (well, not
> very much, anyway--not
> > noticeably), and my family has been out of the
> smuggling business for at
> > least 300 years. Yet my film got "nuked," either
> at Cleveland Hopkins or at
> > SeaTac (I'd weigh it as 70% likely SeaTac, on the
> conservative side--there's
> > little need to take Ohio pot to Seattle!)
> >
> > This definitely pisses me off, and I wrote and
> sent corroberating pic to the
> > (US) FCC in charge--for whatever good that will
> do. I'm hoping that the
> > people who control air traffic in the US can at
> least read! But judging from
> > the people I've seen at the check-in gates, I
> wouldn't count on it. :-(
> >
> > Anyone wishing to dialogue with me on this
> subject, please contact me
> > off-list, because I frankly don't have time to
> survey the List at this point
> > in time. I'm just coming on--then dropping off
> again--to warn you all to use
> > the lead bags when you travel (as if that would
> help), or buy film at point
> > of destination and mail it back home. What a
> complete PITA.
> >
> > Best regards--LRA
> >
> > PS--I really miss you guys, but it can't be
> helped. :-)
> >
> >
>
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