[LargeFormat] A new departure

[mark blackman]

I have made this suggestion on other lists: how about we collate a list of
film sources in foreign countries? Most pro shops would be happy to deliver
a box or two of film to a hotel ready for pick up on arrival. I'll gladly
cover London.

Mark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brock Nanson" <brock@nanson.org>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 4:20 AM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] A new departure


> The thing to remember is that exposure to x-rays is cumulative... So if
you
> carry film with your hand luggage and the number of scans between purchase
> and process is kept to a minimum, unless you are using fast film and/or
they
> are using the super-scanners, you should be OK.
>
> I was very concerned about this in the past.  Now I use the lead bags and
> don't bother asking for the hand inspection.  Sure, they might pump up the
> power to see into the bag, but hopefully the shielding will be of some
use.
> Don't forget, almost every tourist carries a camera, and most don't ever
> consider the x-ray risks.  Stories of damaged film certainly exist but I
> suspect that, like bear attacks, the risk is lower than you would expect.
>
> I also used to keep the film refrigerated wherever possible during a trip.
> I've become less anal about that too...  It takes a prolonged high
> temperature to do damage you can see, so unless colour rendition is an
> absolute must for product photography for instance, you won't be able to
see
> the difference in the red sunset or the subtle change in the green of the
> trees.
>
> I do what I can to protect the film, but I want to enjoy my holiday too!
> And I do now that I relax more about these things!  The super-scanners are
> well known and I'd bet you can find out which airports use them from the
> Internet.  They would worry me, but the regular ones don't so much
anymore.
>
> I think I've successfully shifted the thread from 'film shipped from a
> supplier' to 'film on a holiday'...  We've been so good about snipping
> lately I'm no longer sure how this started ;-)
>
> Brock
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin M. Bell" <newsgroups@cameracollectors.com>
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 7:40 PM
> Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] A new departure
>
>
> | At 07:47 PM 3/7/2002, you wrote:
> | >Personally, I would buy the film in Hong Kong (subject to how long you
> | >are staying). FedEx isn't going to zap it, Hong Kong customs might if
> | >they select that shipment to inspect.
> | >
> | >Regards Dave
> |
> | That is a good point.  When we originally planned on flying directly
into
> | the mainland, I planned on shipping the film - my ability to locate
Ilford
> | FP4+ in NanNing is in question.  When we decided a brief stay in Hong
Kong
> | would be nice it never dawned on me to buy film in Hong Kong.  I've
never
> | been accused of mastering the obvious.
>
>
>
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