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This times 100.
Too many rolls knackered. Don't fuck around any more and always insist on getting them hand checked.
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Don't fuck around any more and always insist on getting them hand checked.
This.
Good luck though.Long story short hardly anybody of these security people knows what film is anymore, but they seem to have learned that "it only affects ISO 800 and above", and that "radiation in the plane is much worse anyway compared to the machine" - so they tell you everythings is going to be fine.
You can then explain them you're photographing for x years now and are experienced, and that it does matter, and then - if you're lucky - they'll scan it by hand / with these little strips, and you can chat about your antique Rollei for a minute; if not they basically tell you it is going through the machine.
What are you going to do.
On my last flight they toasted a bag full of 120 film, including old Portra 800 and even Ektachrome. I almost started to cry.
salad
To cut a long story short:
X-ray damage is cumulative and real. The machines vary hugely in the damage they’ll do. Whether or not you notice it, and whether or not it bothers you only you can answer. If you don’t want x-ray damage you need to have it hand checked.