My experience has been identical to Paul's. By placing the fiilm in a thick lead bag in my carry-on, I have never had them made me run it through again or out of the bag, but it almost always guarrantees a hand search of my carry-on, which is fine with me.
Paul Stenquist wrote: > A number of people expressed doubt about the efficacy of packing film in > a lead bag after I explained how I have been doing so with complete > success for 25 years. I would have replied directly, but I read the > messages at work, and I can't reply over that server. In any case, I > want to note that I only pack the film in carry on luggage, and I simply > leave it in my luggage while it's being scanned. The lead bag shows up > as an opaque object, and the scanner attendant asks his assistant to > hand check my luggage. The assistant rummages through my luggage, and I > point out the lead bag. They nod knowingly, take the lead bag out and > check to see that it contains film. Only once in 25 years has a scanner > attendant failed to ask for a hand check. Not once in 25 years has any > of my film ever been fogged. And that includes Kodak IR film and T-Max > 3200. I should also point out that my lead bag is not one of those > cheapy thin ones you see. It's fabric covered, extremely heavy, and > capable of holding about 20 rolls. I'm not sure who makes it, but, if > anyone is interested, I'll go take a look at it later and see if there's > a logo on the bag. > Paul > - > 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 . -- Daniel J. Matyola mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Stanley, Powers & Matyola mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite203, 1170 US Highway 22 East http://danmatyola.com Bridgewater, NJ 08807 (908)725-3322 fax: (908)707-0399 - 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 .
