Hi Pat,
You are correct, I was mistaken, please see below:
"Film and the U.S. Mail (10/01)
The following is a paraphrased condensed version of a recent announcement
from PPA: The United States Postal Service has announced that it is
installing irradiation equipment to sterilize mail. While the potential for
film damage and fogging will likely depend on the setting and types of
equipment used, Professional Photographers of America is urging caution on
part of all members who use the United States Postal Service to ship film.
All of us at Miller's Professional Imaging understand the reasoning of the
U.S. Postal service for this security measure. We urge you to use Airborne
Express or UPS to transport your exposed or unexposed film. "
Thanks for pointing this out,
John in OKC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Perez" <patdperez@yahoo.com>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc
| I'm going to guess the original warning was to not send exposed or
| unexposed; not processed or unprocessed.
|
| Pat
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "JackG" <jackg@poboxes.com>
| To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
| Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 1:22 PM
| Subject: Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc
|
|
| > Hi Hersch,
| >
| > Well this whole conversation has been interesting, it does sound like
you
| > are damned if you do and dammed if you don't. Maybe when things become
| > standardized, there will be an answer to how to transport our film. I
| still
| > don't understand how processed film could be damaged. I just called my
| > professional lab and they said the notice to not send processed or
| > unprocessed film through the US mail came from the post office itself.
| >
| > John in OKC
| >
| > ----- Original Message -----
| > From: "Hersch Nitikman" <hersch@silcom.com>
| > To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
| > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 2:05 PM
| > Subject: Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc
| >
| >
| > | No, the lead lined bags are not good enough any longer for checked
| > luggage.
| > | Many airports (and they won't say which) are now equipped with much
more
| > | powerful X-Rays than they used to use. They WILL damage film,
especially
| > | high speed film. The only safe way to take unprocessed film by air is
in
| > | personal carry-on bags, where they will be hand inspected. If you can,
| > | depending on your schedules, you are probably safest with locally
| > purchased
| > | and processed film, if staying a few days in or near a major urban
| center.
| > | The processing is probably no more unreliable than what you have at
| home.
| > | "Perfection eludes us". <G>
| > | Hersch
| > |
| > | At 10:15 AM 11/21/2001, you wrote:
| > | >Jack,
| > <BIG SNIP>
|
|
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