DownUnder
Vamoosed (for a while)
Scanning is one problem, albeit somewhat overexaggerated in my opinion. I recently traveled to Southeast Asia with 50 rolls of greatly outdated (2008-2012) films and on returning home, processed it all to my satisfaction. I saw no effects at all from scanning at 6-7 airports, only a very small (+/- 2.5%-5% if even that) level of fog. I ran a test by shooting and processing an equally 'aged' roll I had never taken overseas, and found it was slightly more fogged than my well-traveled stocks. So...
The other problem, in those countries where temperatures tend to run high during the day, is how will you secure your film from heat? Israel is by no means temperate, and as I recently found while traveling in Malaysia (Sarawak and Sabah) with my films, daytime temperatures can climb well above the 30C mark, which can potentially do more damage than the occasional run through an airport scanner.
For all these reasons, I have decided I won't travel again with film - only digital. I love analog and I intend to go on shooting film at least until my frozen stocks at home are used up, but for me, when I'm on the road, digital is the 21st century way.
Analog purists will no doubt be unhappy with this, but it's the real-world situation.
The other problem, in those countries where temperatures tend to run high during the day, is how will you secure your film from heat? Israel is by no means temperate, and as I recently found while traveling in Malaysia (Sarawak and Sabah) with my films, daytime temperatures can climb well above the 30C mark, which can potentially do more damage than the occasional run through an airport scanner.
For all these reasons, I have decided I won't travel again with film - only digital. I love analog and I intend to go on shooting film at least until my frozen stocks at home are used up, but for me, when I'm on the road, digital is the 21st century way.
Analog purists will no doubt be unhappy with this, but it's the real-world situation.