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In article ITrOh.8927$yo3.5402@trnddc04,
Jean-David Beyer wrote: The solution would be to buy the film when you get there, and process it, or have it processed before you take the next plane. Of course, many places have no sheet film, or at least, not the film you want to use. You could just have the film shipped to where you are going to stay. |
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Hi,
Very sensible idea but I was just wondering if packages shipped by air, USPS, FedEx, UPS, don't also get x-rayed? Anybody have any info on this???? Cheers, Bogdan wrote: You could just have the film shipped to where you are going to stay. -- __________________________________________________ ______________ Bogdan Karasek Montr‚al, Qu‚bec Canada www.bogdanphoto.com "I photograph my reality" __________________________________________________ ______________ |
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mike odonoghue wrote:
Following quote from your link asks us to remove undeveloped film from canisters and place in clear plastic bags! Wow. What next? That will surely expose the film. "Film The equipment used to screen checked baggage will damage undeveloped film. Pack your undeveloped film in your carry-on bag. High speed and specialty film should be hand inspected at the security checkpoint. To facilitate hand-inspection, remove your undeveloped film from the canister and pack in a clear plastic bag." I don't think this is a viable suggestion. You carry the plastic bag with you and hand it to the inspector who looks through it and then passes it "around" the x-ray equipment. This was common even BEFORE 9/11, although back then you could leave it in the canisters if you shoot Fuji. That's why it's called "hand-inspection". |
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Bogdan Karasek wrote:
Hi, Very sensible idea but I was just wondering if packages shipped by air, USPS, FedEx, UPS, don't also get x-rayed? Anybody have any info on this???? They might. OTOH, USPS, UPS, & FedEx all have procedures for shipments of photographic materials. After all, that's how Kodak, Fuji and the big mail order houses get film out to their customers. Best thing to do is to ASK them how to label it so it won't get X-rayed. For USPS, check the Domestic Mail Manual. A quick on-line search indicates: 1. Envelopes suitable for mailing photographic film must be "24-pound basis weight or greater". 2. "A customer may file an indemnity claim for insured, collect on delivery (COD), registered with postal insurance, or Express Mail" including loss and damage for "Cost of film stock or blank tape for photographic film, negatives, slides, transparencies, videotapes, laser disks, x-rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prints, computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan prints, etc." You won't get any reimbursement for IMAGES lost if exposed, un-processed film gets screwed up, but you can get the film replaced if you insure it. |
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Pudentame wrote: You carry the plastic bag with you and hand it to the inspector who looks through it and then passes it "around" the x-ray equipment. This was common even BEFORE 9/11, although back then you could leave it in the canisters if you shoot Fuji. Even before 9/11 I had trouble getting them to do this. Haven't tried it lately. |
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On Mar 28, 5:58 am, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
It is really hopeless. Perhaps we should spend more time making less enemies instead of wasting so much time putting band-aids on things. The only way to make less enemies is to kill them. Now to avoid making enemies.... ....don't have anything they want. David |
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You might want to check out this long discussion at Photo.Net in the
Travel forum: http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=006Awg It looks like sending film FedEx within the US is probably ok, but anywhere else is a crpashoot, with no good options. It's not FedEx, it's customs. I've flown w/my 4X5, four lenses and readyload film about six times since 9/11. The huge tripod goes in luggage, along with the Lowe Pro bag full of clothes, the expendable stuff. At least that gear falls under the max $1,200 airline claim limit for baggage. The camera, lenses and film all go into a max-size carrryon. I carried 120 Fuji readyloads last week. I found that readyloads work best w/the TSA folk, since there are no boxes they want to open up. A friend of mine who uses sheet film in grafmatics carries a small Harris film tent and actually sets it up at the checkin because once in a while somebody wants to open those up. Jan B. I mailed the holders back home with the exposed film inside and simply wrote on the outside of the box "Exposed photographic film - DO NOT X-RAY. May be opened for hand inspection." Didn't tape the box until I got it to the post office in case they wanted to look inside it there. I also mailed the camera back since by that time I didn't have any more unexposed film or film holders. Insured the package for what it would cost to replace the camera and holders plus a couple boxes of film if they got lost or damaged, which only cost a couple bucks extra beyond the postage. Included an inventory sheet in the box and kept a copy to carry with me. |
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