[filmscanners] Re: X rays was Digital PIC

["Carlson" <carlson@olypen.com>]

Whew I thought you were talking about the scanners that were going to be
used for carry-on lugage. It's long been inadvisable to put film in checked
lugage. Regards, Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Meier" <robert_meier_photo@yahoo.com>
To: <carlson@olypen.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 12:54 PM
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: X rays was Digital PIC


>
> --- David Hoffman <David@hoffmanphotos.com> wrote:
> > Do you have any info as to how we can tell the difference between the
> > old fluffy safe machines & these new spiky ones?
>
> That is easy. These new ones are very big. Check out:
>
>
http://www.l-3com.com/products_and_services/emerging_commercial_products/ind
ex.cfm?section=airport_security_systems
>
> and
>
> http://www.invision-tech.com/products/
>
> In most cases you won't see them (SF is one of a few exceptions) as
> they are only used for check-in laguage. They also are too expensive
> (approx. $400k - $1M) and too heavy (in some cases need reinforcement
> of floors) to use for check-in lugage.
> The scanners from L-3 distroy the film more then from InVision. The
> scanners from the two companies work a bit different. Nevertheless,
> film is not save in InVison's scanners, either.
>
> Rob
>
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