I fly almost every week and I can't tell if the scanners are any more powerful but I haven't noticed any effect on the 400 speed film that I always carry. My experience with requesting hand checking of film is that the screeners really don't want to, but if you insist they will give you the full treatment as if the scanners had detected excess metal on your person. I suggest you take your film out of the boxes and plastic containers, put the cartridges in zip lock bags and take them out of your carry on liggage and put them trough the scaners by themselves. The screeners do seem to be a little more understanding, more professional and less abrasive than I've encountered in the past. Ken Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: Francis Alviar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Pentax Discuss List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 10:50 AM Subject: another round - OT
> I'd like to ask those who have recently concluded > travel if there have been changes to airport security > since this summer? Are the screeners using more > powerful xray machines? Is it safe to have film pass > through the xray or should I ask for a handcheck? > More importantly do they still do handchecks with a > smile? > > Thank you very much. > > > > Francis > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > >
