Jackson Hole: USA (Rocky Mountains)

Does anyone know where I can buy Kodak 400TX single-use cameras in or near Jackson? Where can black and white film be developed here?

The Art Association of Jackson Hole has a darkroom. I think they used to rent it but not sure about that now, and I think it would be very expensive. I don't know where you could get a single-use camera with Tri-X in it.

There used to be a place called "The Darkroom", on Gregory Lane, but I don't think it is a going concern now. They used to rent their darkroom and had classes. All I have is their business card from who knows when, and I never went there. I use my own darkroom.

Is it that hard to travel with film these days? Are you concerned about X-rays at the airport?

If it was me, I would just take a good camera with film, and ask for a hand-check. Lots of photographers come through here so the TSA people are used to it. Most people use digital cameras, of course.

I live about 25 miles from Jackson. I fly out of their occasionally, and have never had a problem with film being fogged (100 or 50 ISO though, and two years ago or earlier).

Thank you for your helpful reply. I will arrive with half a dozen of these cameras from B&H after hopefully getting hand inspection (at a different airport, obviously). And supposedly the Jackson airport has a FedEx Express drop box. So if all goes according to plan, I can ship the cameras to theFINDlab in Salt Lake City just before anything happens with TSA. The preparation!

Fortunately inside the USA the TSA workers I've encountered are all well aware of the hand-check guidelines for film. I've never had difficulty getting hand checks and that includes crazy nightmare places like JFK. Outside the US its more hit-or-miss. I try to be helpful by putting all the film in a separate bag that I can take out of my carry-on and hand to the TSA to request a hand inspection.

Since these are single use cameras that may need to be already loaded the situation might be different.

loccdor said:

Since these are single use cameras that may need to be already loaded the situation might be different.

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maybe, but I doubt it. They'll just swab each one for explosive residue. They won't try to get inside the camera. When I've traveled with film, they've never even opened sealed boxes.