ac12
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Airport security was what finally pushed me from film to digital.
At SFO, I had a security person tear open my factory sealed boxes of film, then tear open the inner foil pouch to see that there was indeed film in the box. And that was before I saw what she was doing, and then yelled at her to STOP. Sheesh. What would have happened if it was sheet film. shudder.
Today 99.999+% of the security people have no idea of film, so they don't know how to deal with it.
Tip, if you can, get the exposed film developed BEFORE you travel back. That eliminates the possibility of further X-ray fogging of the film.
At SFO, I had a security person tear open my factory sealed boxes of film, then tear open the inner foil pouch to see that there was indeed film in the box. And that was before I saw what she was doing, and then yelled at her to STOP. Sheesh. What would have happened if it was sheet film. shudder.
Today 99.999+% of the security people have no idea of film, so they don't know how to deal with it.
Tip, if you can, get the exposed film developed BEFORE you travel back. That eliminates the possibility of further X-ray fogging of the film.