I have finally been defeated

[scorpius73]

This is a very sad but true way we have to be treated as law abiding citizens, because of a few, millions of honest people have to be punished. Can you imagine me trying to just walk the streets of DC. With this camera.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58470636@N02/5368167746/in/photostream/

I wouldn't try it. 😀

 

[scorpius73]

I'm not sure I understand the OP's position over taking a camera into work.
Is the scanner going to affect the film? I suggest try and see.
Is the OP being asked for a camera scan because 'security' can see the camera? What if you have something slim and pocketable?
Are you scanned as well?
Are mobile phones allowed and scanned?
Is your lunch box scanned too?
This is all an alien world to me!

jesse

The scanner may possibly affect the film. No way to find out till it happens.
Everything is scanned. Lunch box, newspaper, everthing is everything.
It just sucks!

 

[scorpius73]

I assume the x-ray scanner is film safe? If so, your film can be scanned many times before you'll see any x-ray damage.

Yeah, but where is the fine line when one scan too many has happened. I understand times have changed. I'm just venting.

 

[dave lackey]

Unfortunately, in this age, we have lost so many liberties that most people, life boiling frogs, don't understand what is happening until something they are accustomed to is taken away.

It boils down to this: Live in the jungle? Live by their rules. Live in your own time and space, get revenge. You will appreciate the film camera so much more in the evenings, weekends, holidays.😀

Yeah, it sucks. But what in this world these days doesn't suck?😡

 

[btgc]

Film? I'm not sure rays add something good to OP or any other being scanned. Question is - when impact on health will cause consequences? Just don't tell me "extensive reasearch has confirmed scanners don't do any noticeable harm to alive beings".

 

[tlitody]

It is not unusual for an Employer to ban certain items from the premises. Cameras, guns, recorders, etc. You want to work for an employer, you follow their rules. The camera is not required for official business, and it is not unreasonable that private cameras to be banned outright from the building. It is the right of the building to inspect what comes into the building, it is private property. A shopping mall can ban cameras, movie halls can ban cameras, you are free to not go there.

Now- we just had a borrible shooting incident in Tucson, and before that- in Virginia.

Do not equate a business policy on passing cameras through a scanner to come into a building with toting guns.

25 years ago at my work, one of my co-workers brought a camera into work and a second one was playing with it as they went through security. Personal Cameras are not allowed on the premises without a camera pass. Security confiscated the film, processed it, viewed the contents, and returned the finished prints and negatives to the owner of the camera after it was determined the camera was not used on the premises.

except that now most mobile phones have cameras in them, they would have to confiscate all mobile phones on entry to the building. Somehow I don't think that is going to happen. So what is the point of confiscating an actual camera. That is akin to being harrassed by police for using a real camera. The police don't stop everyone with a mobile do they.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

except that now most mobile phones have cameras in them, they would have to confiscate all mobile phones on entry to the building. Somehow I don't think that is going to happen. So what is the point of confiscating an actual camera. That is akin to being harrassed by police for using a real camera. The police don't stop everyone with a mobile do they.

Many places have locker boxes to check your mobile phone on entry to the building. So they are not confiscated, but they are checked. If you are so offended by rules that the employer puts into place, you are free to get a job elsewhere. Walking around with a camera on the street is much different than walking into a building with a camera. Many buildings do not permit cameras and recording devices. This employer allows the camera, it is not confiscated, it is scanned on entry to the building. No one is denying entry based on having the camera, or confiscating the camera, it is being treated like any other device. It is not being granted a special exemption to the rules.

 

[dave lackey]

I arrived at work today to find out my film camera will have to be scanned each and every time it enters the building. That's once in the morning at arrival and again when reentering the building if I take it out to take pictures at lunch. Sometimes it takes me a few days to get through a roll of film. Two scans a day for 4 or 5 days (maybe longer) just seems bad for the film.
When I arrived this morning. I asked if it could be placed in a bucket and visually inspected. The reply from security with a silly smile was "How do I know it's a camera. It gotta be inspected in the scanner." I'm so annoyed. Can you tell?

Just re-read the OP... the camera is not banned. It just needs to be scanned. Okay, that's the screwed up world we live in. It's a pain but a fact of life and one can get around it by taking some advice above.

I really would not be too p-o'd if I had to rewind the film, take it out and replace it upon leaving work. Unless of course I forgot to advance beyond the exposed frames and wind up with some funky doubles....😛

 

[Neare]

If it's going to be everyday, become friendly with the security personal and let them get to know you. Perhaps after a few weeks you can work out an arrangement after they find out you're probably not trying to blow the place up.