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Flying with Film
Jordan Murph, Photographer, Assistant
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Carlsbad & Honolulu | CA/HI | USA | Posted: 11:34 PM on 07.01.09 |
->> I fly a lot but haven't flown with film since 2004. I was able to get film hand checked by the TSA back then. Just want to check and see if I'll still be able to get unprocessed film (and on this flight, un-shot...it'll be shot by the time I return...) checked by hand to avoid it going through an x-ray. It'll be 120 chrome and neg film.
Mahalo
Jordan |
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Jordan Murph, Photographer, Assistant
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Ian L. Sitren, Photographer
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Palm Springs | CA | USA | Posted: 11:44 PM on 07.01.09 |
->> I still fly with film at times. If it is all under 400 I just put it in my carry on bags. If I have 800 and up I toss in a few rolls of 3200 even if I am not going to use it, then I ask for a hand inspection. It does take time though.
The last time I flew with a lot of film was also in 2004 and they hand swabbed and inspected 200 rolls. Good thing I was early.
You might also consider Fedex'ing film to yourself to avoid the bother. |
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Jack Megaw, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Pittsburgh | PA | America | Posted: 12:24 AM on 07.02.09 |
->> I've also chucked in a couple of rolls of 3200 or a roll of 6400 - I actually used to hang onto a roll of 6400 just in case I was flying somewhere.
I find it interesting (from the TSA link) how if you intend to push the film then you can also get a hand inspection. |
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Nick Wass, Photographer
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Wheaton | MD | USA | Posted: 9:50 PM on 07.02.09 |
->> fish?
where is the fish? he of all people would know! |
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Max Gersh, Photographer
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St. Louis | MO | USA | Posted: 11:10 PM on 07.02.09 |
->> I always have all of my film hand checked when I fly and I've never had too much of a problem. I had one TSA agent not want to hand check my film because it was all 800 or under. However, TSA says that they recommend hand checking all film if it has been through the x-ray more than five times. I just told him that mine had gone through the scanner too many times already. That worked. Did I need the hand check? No. But I'm just paranoid.
Also, I usually keep a roll of accidentally exposed infrared film with me when I fly in case I need to "force" a hand check. |
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Gene Boyars, Photographer
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Matawan | NJ | United States | Posted: 7:29 AM on 07.03.09 |
| ->> Max has a good point on the cumulative effect of x-ray on film. Each exposure to the x-ray does add up. It also helps to keep your film in seperate zip lock bags so they can see it is film when you ask for a hand check. The more you can do to make their job easier the better. |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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Live HVN : Work SFO-NYC | | | Posted: 9:25 AM on 07.07.09 |
->> I recently wrote about flying with film on both Flying With Fish and for PhotographyBLOG.com. You can read up on "Flying With Film 101 : The Do’s and Don’ts" here:
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/2009/06/08/flying-with-film-10.../
The TSA makes hands inspections for film very easy. In fact TSA literature for travelling with film specifically has this wording : “Protect your film by requesting a hand-inspection for your film.”
Happy Flying!
-Fish |
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