bringing out your rolls of film on holiday?

[heshanj]

i was wondering this same thing too. my fastest film speed is usually 400 so that should be ok i think. does this apply to exposed film too? i.e. carry-on xray check is generally safe?

 

[crispy12]

only carry on, never check in unless the film has been developed. once you check in, the scanners are very high intensity and you will instantly ruin your film (get zig zag lines on the negs).

The hand carry scanners are film safe, they even have a sticker on the machine saying 'film safe'. I brought 10 rolls to Thailand and Japan each last year, no problems. Film rated between 200-800 and scanned about 4 times hand carry, didn'nt notice any hazing or other probs.

 

[betta01]

only carry on, never check in unless the film has been developed. once you check in, the scanners are very high intensity and you will instantly ruin your film (get zig zag lines on the negs).

The hand carry scanners are film safe, they even have a sticker on the machine saying 'film safe'. I brought 10 rolls to Thailand and Japan each last year, no problems. Film rated between 200-800 and scanned about 4 times hand carry, didn'nt notice any hazing or other probs.

I disagree regarding the 'will instantly ruin your film' part. I have been in n out of airport and have mine film of iso ranging from 100 to 1600 going thru both check in n hand carry scanners.
None of mine rolls are ever damage.

Personally. Mine suggestion is to enojy the shooting with film n not scare yourself by reading too much or listen to too much opinions regarding this 'scanner damaging film tale'.

 

[losheng]

does this apply to exposed film too? i.e. carry-on xray check is generally safe?

This topic has been discussed several times before, and one of the earlier threads is here:

film kenna scanned by security at airport

In which you've read people who never had any trouble with both checking-in and hand-carrying films, as well as people that had their films fried when they check-in the films, but had no problem with the films they hand-carry. The most authoritative word is the link to the TSA's site pointed out by denn23 in the same thread:

Traveling with Film

in which the recommendation matches what the general conservative conclusion of the group: ie. request for hand inspection if you can, otherwise hand carrying is relatively safe, as long as the films don't go through too many rounds of scans. Checking-in the films will risk frying your films. And x-rays will damage both exposed and un-exposed films. Only the processed films are safe.