3200 Speed Film & Charles DeGaulle

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Hello all,

I just past through Charles DeGaulle airport in Paris where my undeveloped Kodak 3200 B/W film went through the security x-ray after assurances that it would be OK. Should I trust the guy or is the film ruined?

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Bill (aka st. paulitan)
 
may not be totally ruined - but I would be a bit wary of it. If its unexposed film, I personally would probably buy new film.

If it's already shot - I'd get it processed before it needs to make another pass through.
 
st. paulitan said:
Hello all,

I just past through Charles DeGaulle airport in Paris where my undeveloped Kodak 3200 B/W film went through the security x-ray after assurances that it would be OK. Should I trust the guy or is the film ruined?
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I carried two rolls of Delta 3200 through X-rays at De Gaulle, the Louvre museum, *and* Heathrow airport. Twice. Each time.

My film turned out ok. Some slight fog, but that was surely due to the fact that I let the roll sit there for over a year before I developed it.
 
just put it in your pocket when going through the metal detector. Then ask them to hand-check it at that point. Not an issue. The x-ray machines at most places use variable settings, so you can never be sure it won't ruin your film just because last time it didn't. They vary it so a person can't establish what will and won't pass undetected.
 
I hate to jinx myself, but Ive xrayed alot of high speed film over the years without any disasterous after effects. From what I have come to understand talking to lab folks here and there is that Xray damage is typically not fog but lateral lines running the length of the roll of film. I have certainly not seen any of that and apparently people at a few different labs that I used to frequent did.
 
Dear Bill,

There is not the slightest problem. Over the years I have often run both Delta 3200 and TMZ through mutiple X-rays (up to 5 times) without any ill effect in many countries (UK, France, India, Malta, Near East, Russia...). Don't even begin to worry about it. And WM is right: X-ray damage does NOT manifest as fog, but as (surprise!) an X-ray image of the canister lips, the rest of the film, etc., i.e. as vertical bands/striping.

Cheers,

R.
 
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