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I read up on this a fair bit recently I think all the information seems to be irrelevant now and seems to be carried on from years ago when X-ray wasn't as advanced as it is now. The people who say it's an issue never show proof whereas all the tests I've seen appear to show that it's fine. I recently took 30 rolls through hand luggage to Scotland and back and they all came out perfect... I would keep it away from checked in luggage though as a mate in work had an issue with ghosting due to the stronger X-ray machines used.
Just keep all your film together and put it in one of those plastic baggies and keep it at the top of your bag. If the technician feels the need to increase the power of the machine (if they need to do a deeper scan), then it theoretically might cause an issue but I've never seen it happen.
There was one guy on YouTube who put his rolls through 8-12 carry-on scans and didn't see anything happen when developed.
Hand check is useful but a lot of those stern security people will insist on just putting it in your bag. I believe somewhere in the fine print in the mythical UK security policy, if it's over 800ISO then it shouldn't go through scans but I had CineStill 800 on my trip and it was all good.
The question that confuses me is... if film can't go through X-ray, then how does it get through Customs when importing/exporting?
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All set for a half term trip. Anyone got any advice on not getting film x-rayed? I vaguely recall this as a possible problem in the past.
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