On Tue, 13 May 2003 09:28:30 -0600
Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 10:31 AM 5/13/2003 +0100, Giles wrote:
>
> >Do you mean to say you have actually had success at getting your
> >film hand checked at an airport in the UK ? 8-)
> >
> >They were just the same at Heathrow in the early nineties. I had
> >film in canisters in my pocket, I asked for them to be hand
> >inspected, I even removed them from the canisters. They just put
> >them straight through the X-ray machine.
>
>
> I've never had success getting *any* of my film hand-checked at
> *any* airport in Europe. Heathrow, Frankfurt, Roissy-Charles de
> Gaulle, all the same -- put 'em through the fog factory and hope
> for the best. Mind you, I was using *very* slow film (Velvia - 50
> ISO), so I never noticed any problems. But I'd sooner slash my
> wrists than take high-speed film through a European airport --
> might as well flush your money down the nearest toilet bowl.
>
I've had recent "success" in Frankfurt, Schiphol, Copenhaven/Kastrup
and Charles de Gaulle within the last year.
--thomas
>
> Garth
>
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