Hi I’m heading to Japan in May and know they have some ultra rare 220 film and discontinued films like Astia for sale they no longer sell elsewhere. For those that have traveled there for similar reasons, If I carry them in my carry-on will they inspected it appropriately without X-rays? And on stateside?
Well then if you can do that I guess I’ll do that tooI've brought film to and from Japan for decades with no problems. I don't bother asking for hand inspection, as that takes time. I always have a mixture of all formats up to 8x10... so hand inspection takes longer. Carry on xray does no damage..even multiple times.
Thanks for the input. Well I saw Astia for sale on the website but maybe it hasn’t been updated and I have my hopes up. Do any of you know where I can get film developed in Tokyo? Will be there for 4 days.
I'm another user who has had no issues with fogging or other "symptoms" of sending through sometimes multiple X-Ray scans in my carry on luggage. C41 or B&W, 50-3200 ISO speed films, no issues so far despite many desperate warnings from the internet.
To this I must add I haven't heard of anyone being given a hard time for asking for a handcheck, and if you want to be absolutely certain your film won't be tainted it can't hurt to ask. Though, I'm usually in a big scramble to collect my shoes, belt, wallet, etc. without causing a big jam on the other end of processing to worry about asking anyways!
Turnaround times are not that fast in Japan. I've never seen a place that works faster than a week.
You DO know that you can have your film scanned without any issue right? I just returned from a trip to China and Japan. My film was scanned a total of 7 times with no effect whatsoever.
In China you definitely need lead-lined bags because there are x-ray stations everywhere in certain cities, sometimes in every bus and subway terminal. It's much easier to throw a bag through the X-Ray and they usually wouldn't bother examining a lead-lined bag that shows up in the scan, or will at most ask you to waste a frame by shooting your camera to prove that it's a camera.
Just being careful. I only know what I’ve been told. Especially straight from Kodak’s website and their warnings of X-rays. And I definitely do not want everything I shot ruined. That’ll be a nightmare
Forget about the lead bags. They will not let you through with them.
Forget about the lead bags. They will not let you through with them.
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You DO know that you can have your film scanned without any issue right? I just returned from a trip to China and Japan. My film was scanned a total of 7 times with no effect whatsoever.
The idea of traveling with a lead bag is actually pretty hilarious. How much do they weigh? The last thing I need when I travel is more weight.
Yes, I still take the lead-lined bags out anyway for TSA inspection / flights on the carry-on (they serve as de-facto film cases). But for non-airplane travel (like border crossings, bus and subway terminals in China) oftentimes they don't bother or allow hand-checks so they'll just let it through the x-ray machines and won't care enough to make you take it out.You will have to remove the film from the lead lined bags for inspection or x-ray.
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