girdwoodINC
born under a bad sign
Edinburgh have them and won’t hand check - total pain
WoodallP
Pragmatist Barnack lover
Just a quick check, which Birmingham?
WoodallP
Pragmatist Barnack lover
Sorry just seen you are from UK so I can guess. Another reason to use Eurostar it seems.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Ridiculous. It took 5 sec to swipe them and check...
Mute-on
Well-known
So they just fry your film regardless? What options did they provide?
Out to Lunch
Ventor
The Edinburgh Airport website has this to say about traveling with film: "Please speak to a member of staff in the security hall and let them know you're travelling with camera film in your hand luggage. They'll be able to give you advice and let you know the best process to follow for the lane you are going through."
girdwoodINC
born under a bad sign
Tried that previously at the start of the year and was told anything 800 and below was safe to go through the new scanner - not going to argue with them as I want to get on my holiday 😂
girdwoodINC
born under a bad sign
They say anything 800 and below is safe to go through
Out to Lunch
Ventor
Not very helpful. In the last three months I've gone through five major airports and staff were happy to hand check my film.
girdwoodINC
born under a bad sign
There was no issue coming back from Italy
mnutzer
no title
Debating with airport staff and possibly missing my flight I gave up back in 2009, when I last flew across the Atlantic with Kodachrome in my hand luggage.
Retro-Grouch
Veteran
Perhaps on one pass. Perhaps! But the effect of multiple passes is cumulative.
Patarei
Member
I made an experiment when i travelled to Ethiopia from Sweden a couple of weeks ago.
I got 10 120 films handcontrolled and did let one HP5 go through the CT-scan one time, and three times through an ordinary scanner.
Here is the result.
Rolleiflex automat model 2
Edited the pictures just slightly.
I got 10 120 films handcontrolled and did let one HP5 go through the CT-scan one time, and three times through an ordinary scanner.
Here is the result.
Rolleiflex automat model 2
Edited the pictures just slightly.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
When you say ordinary scanner do you mean the older, non-CT ones?
See my post #14 - with old scanners I had up to 5 passes with no ill effect on my 35mm HP5.
Patarei
Member
Yes, the older non ct.
I have had no problems with the old non ct-scanners, but those new ct-scanners are bad for film.
girdwoodINC
born under a bad sign
Edinburgh update - all cool today hand check on a load of high speed 120
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aw614
Established
Knoxville, Tenn is all CT scanners. Had TSA handcheck it and even handcheck the Leica IIIC with film still loaded on it. TSA guy was cool about it and asked about the year of it (1946)
valdas
Veteran
In one European airport I recently asked to hand check my film (they had the new CT scanner). The security lady took the film and then asked - where are your cameras, what about the film in cameras? - Oh, don’t worry, the cameras are with no film (I usually load when I pass the security). I was so pleasantly surprised.
pyeh
Member of good standing
Has anyone flown out of Munich airport recently? I'll be doing that in October. There is this site EUROPEAN AIRPORTS — Handcheckfilm that says it's a bit touch-and-go as to whether they will handcheck your film. Mind you I don't know how reliable the site is or how often its data points are updated.
38Deardorff
Well-known
Yes...I flew out of both Munich & Frankfurt last fall and had very friendly interactions at security and had no problems getting my film hand-inspected.