Hi, Tuesday, October 02, 2001, 4:44:31 PM, you wrote:
> Sometimes one can purchase film at their destination - it just depends > on the film choice and the destination. Konica slide film has quite a presence in Africa, but the storage conditions and age of the film make it an absolutely last resort. > [...] > While I > don't unequivocally advocate shipping film, there may well be times > when it's a good choice. if things get to the point where carry-on sizes are reduced to a real minimum then it may be the only choice. I once travelled on Ethiopia for a while with a professional photographer who had brought several hundreds of rolls of film, all in a very large Samsonite case - too large to carry on anywhere - and he had a lot of experience of travelling in the countries around the Red Sea, so perhaps the x-ray machines aren't as bad as they're made out. Or perhaps there is some way for photographers to arrange for checked luggage to be examined by hand and not go through the x-rays. Anybody got any ideas about that? What happens when somebody like Salgado or the Magnum photographers go to obscure countries? I'm sure they can't carry all their film on as hand luggage. Perhaps next time I go to Ethiopia I'll have to go via South Africa, stock up on film there, and then travel up to Ethiopia. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
