>Put the films in hand-carry on bags and for extra protection, put >them in lead bags called FilmShield that are sold in most camera >stores. >If you must put them in checked-in bags, double or tripple up the >FilmShield bags. Unprotected films in checked-in bags might be >severely damaged as they are scanned by high powered machines. >TL I would not do any of that. With the new considerably more powerful x-ray machines at some airports, they will fry your film in an atempt to see through the lead shielding! -- Jean-Michel Paris [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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[Digital BW] Re: FW: OT, x-ray protection question?
2002-07-23 by Jean-Michel Paris