M7 traveling

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M7 + 50/1 are traveling this coming week, and I prefer to process my chromes (Velvia + Provia "200") locally rather than hassle with the airport security gnomes. Of course, this depends upon finding reliable processors (mixed results in London).

 

Do forum members have suggestions for local E-6 processors in city for either Zurich or Berlin?

 

many thanks!

[Stealth3kpl]

In the past, have you had problems with fogged film due to scanners at the airport? I never have. I would take them as hand luggage and not even bother the security guards unless you're taking 1600 or above, and even then I'd be sceptical about there being an issue. Over the last few years I've not seen any forum posts relating to film that has been fogged by scanners. Plenty of posts about a concern over travelling with film though, then a couple of links to an experiment from 1950.

Pete

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[Matlock]

In the past, have you had problems with fogged film due to scanners at the airport? I never have. I would take them as hand luggage and not even bother the security guards unless you're taking 1600 or above, and even then I'd be sceptical about there being an issue. Over the last few years I've not seen any forum posts relating to film that has been fogged by scanners. Plenty of posts about a concern over travelling with film though, then a couple of links to an experiment from 1950.

Pete

 

There is an ongoing post on the Film Forum. I have never had any problems.

[Stealth3kpl]

Yes, the on going post is about checked/hold luggage which is a no no. Even so, he doesn't appear to have suffered with his low ISO film. Time will tell with the 800 ISO. I checked one film accidentally into hold luggage once. 200 ISO. It was unaffected.

Pete

[Fotoklaus]

Here is a list of companys in Berlin, most of them do E6- Processing:

 

 http://www.bildraum-f.com/fachgeschafte-fur-filmentwicklung-und-druckereien

 

But otherwise I had never a problem with fogged film. Not in Egypt, Oman, Italy, Spain.

Not with Provia/ Velvia 100 or Tmax 400.

 

 

[giganova]

Never had a problem either. I always ask for a hand check, which the TSA agents in the US are always happy to do. Not much luck with hand check in Germany and South America, though. Their agents are terribly unfriendly and treat you like the worst scum. 

 

So while I try to get films hand checked, I "let them" X-ray the films if they insist to avoid trouble. I write on the film boxes how often they have been X-rayed. If it's 3x, I just don't travel with that film anymore and shoot it domestically. Never had a problem X-raying HP5 pushed to 800 ASA.

[giganova]

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Peter -- before you get film developed locally, make sure they are ready for pickup at least two days before your departure. You don't want to travel home without your precious negatives/slides!    

[Falstaff]

There is an ongoing post on the Film Forum. I have never had any problems.

 

+1, and I do travel a fair bit.

[Chuck Albertson]

If you're happy with your local lab, bring your film home and have it processed. Airport x-rays (for carry-on bags, not for checked bags) are not an issue. Before it was discontinued, I had rolls of Tmax 3200 scanned several times in one trip, with no visible effect. You can ask for a hand inspection in the US, and you're supposed to get it, but make sure to allow extra time to get through the checkpoint as it typically involves a swab for explosives residue. Outside the US, you may get a hand check, but don't count on it.

[honcho]

I'm unclear as to why anyone would have transparencies processed locally and then carry them around whilst traveling. The risk of damage is probably greater than any possibility of x-ray fogging of unprocessed film.

[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Peter,

 

Back in the 20th Century it was possible to buy "mailers" for processing film. All you did was send the exposed film to the processor thru the local mail from wherever you were to any of their processing facilities anywhere in the World & you could have the finished transparencies mailed anywhere in the World  (ie: Home) after they were processed. All for no additional charge.

 

As I think about it: I think it still might be possible to do this with Fuji. You might check with them.

 

Best Regards,

 

Michael

Edited March 23, 2016 by Michael Geschlecht

[earleygallery]

Hello Peter,

 

Back in the 20th Century it was possible to buy "mailers" for processing film. All you did was send the exposed film to the processor thru the local mail from wherever you were to any of their processing facilities anywhere in the World & you could have the finished transparencies mailed anywhere in the World  (ie: Home) after they were processed. All for no additional charge.

 

As I think about it: I think it still might be possible to do this with Fuji. You might check with them.

 

Best Regards,

 

Michael

 

Yes, Kodachrome sometimes had to go overseas and of course airport staff went out of their way to ensure that it wasn't put anywhere near to an Xray machine! 

[Fotoklaus]

I think Photostudio 13 could do this service. They are very professional and accurate, I would contact them if such a service is required.

http://www.photostudio13.de/kontakt.html

[EoinC]

Yes, the on going post is about checked/hold luggage which is a no no. Even so, he doesn't appear to have suffered with his low ISO film. Time will tell with the 800 ISO. I checked one film accidentally into hold luggage once. 200 ISO. It was unaffected.

Pete

Mark's ISO 800 negatives which went through the checked baggage appear to have been unaffected when developed. As mentioned by Honcho, there may be more chance of damage traveling with the developed transparencies than with the undeveloped film.

[MarkP]

Mark's ISO 800 negatives which went through the checked baggage appear to have been unaffected when developed. As mentioned by Honcho, there may be more chance of damage traveling with the developed transparencies than with the undeveloped film.

 

 

That's correct. No radiation damage to ISO 800 Cinestill which was put in my checked luggage by accident.

I've never done it before and won't do it again.   

[jacelech]

I must be the only one who has ever had a problem with fogging.

 

I'd traveled many times from France to US with either hand inspection of exposed film or film in SIMA bags placed through carry-on security Xray without a hitch because I'd read that higher levels of X-ray are used in stored luggage. Once, however, I was carrying about 100 rolls of exposed HP5 plus (400 ISO) from Delhi through Paris in two SIMA  double density double thickness lead bag in my suitcase. It was simply too much to expect them to be hand inspected in this intense airport. They ended up partially fogged when I finally developed and examined them. They must have fried the suitcase. The images were still usable, but affected. I'll never be able to make those images again. One of the definite advantages of digital. From now on, when shooting film, I will buy and process locally. 

 

Jacek