Shooting in Iceland

There are quite a few post about this on LS under “x-ray airports etc.”
For some reason I can’t put the link here, so search under posts and replies with the key words for the info you’re looking for and thye should come up.
and I remember one about someone’s film being ruined, possibly by x-ray machines.

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As far as I know the proffesional lab there is not to be trustedany more. It has gone trhough to much changes. I could though double check if you want me to, just p.m me. If you have your films in a separate bag I know for shure that the guys at the airport are nice dealing with. They would do hand check on them for you if asked. Still things are getting more troublesome when going to USA that they have before so you never know.

Any other info you need and think I can help with just p.m me.

best
Kristjan

I have been through Iceland a lot and I have found if you are in the airport early, (so that security is not busy) play nice, and explain you are a professional.. they will hand check film.. clean cans, clear bags. PM me and I will give you a name of a security officer I know there.. He and or his name might help..

Jon

When flying through Gatwick airport in March this year, the guys in the security agreed to check my films, but as a side comment, they claimed that the rolls would be exposed to a lot more radiation while actually being carried on the plane than when being run through a normal luggage scanner. Whether or not that’s true, I don’t know, but I must say that I doubt it – two of twenty films were slightly foggy when I got home, and those were my two 3200ISO films.

Kodak has this info: http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/tib/tib5201.shtml

when I was still shooting film.. I once carried a roll of 1600 unexposed on purpose through 2 USA scanners, 2 Dutch scanners and 6 Russian scanners. Once home I developed them w/o shooting to look for fog and I was clean..

But of course it only takes one mal-adjusted machine and/or screener to ruin a day/week/month.

The TSA or whatever their equivalent designation is are exceptionally friendly and accomodating with film at RVK. All you need to do is request a handcheck and explain your situation. They were more reasonable than any stateside or EU airport I’ve been through.

Good luck,
-Mark

When I was in Iceland shooting film years ago out of an F4s, I just had the film processed while downtown, with no enlargements. It was just easier than bringing back 50 rolls of unprocessed film.

The effect of radiation on film is cumulative. So whatever the exposure the film has to radiation while you are on the airplane might be, the radiation from the security scanner would add to it.

I tend to agree with Aaron. I develope my films while
overseas. With a good lab, no only can I check that my
shots are okay, but at the same time save on the development
costs. Really depends where you are but definately worth a
try!