Help! Porta 800 and airport X-rays

[Peter^]

Has anybody had this happen before? I was recently on a trip with Porta 800, and all the pictures came back with a lot of noise. Is this from the airport x-ray systems, or is it just my crappy scanner?

 

[jpberger]

Carry on/customs xray= no problem, even with fast film.

Checked baggage x-ray= big problem

Hard to say for sure but just looks like the pic is a little under exposed. Nothing to do with x-rays.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Dear Peter,

It's your crappy scanner. Search threads on X-ray damage and you'll see.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Peter^]

I did have the film in luggage went I flew from the US to China...

 

[Roger Hicks]

If it had been X-rayed with the powerful stuff you'd have a LOT worse problems than just noise.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Jamie123]

Dear Peter,

It's your crappy scanner. Search threads on X-ray damage and you'll see.

Cheers,

R.

Not sure I agree, Roger. Normally I would say it's just regular noise but the green tint looks suspicious. Also, since Peter had the film in the checked baggage it's not unusual that the damage would show up as uniform noise accross the image. If you consult Kodak's page on X-ray damage you can see that the effects of full bag scanners show up as uniform noise rather than streaks.

 

[Peter^]

Thanks, guys

 

[Roger Hicks]

Not sure I agree, Roger. Normally I would say it's just regular noise but the green tint looks suspicious. Also, since Peter had the film in the checked baggage it's not unusual that the damage would show up as uniform noise accross the image. If you consult Kodak's page on X-ray damage you can see that the effects of full bag scanners show up as uniform noise rather than streaks.

You could well be right. My original reply was of course predicated upon carry-on scanning, plus the fact that I've seen those greenish shadows in the past as a result of underexposed film and an indifferent scanner.

Even so, I'd not be certain you were right. But, as I say, you could very well be.

Cheers,

R.