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Anonymous
does /p/ know of anything with cameras and customs?

I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that the xray machines at airports can fuck up your camera/memory/film.

I tried googling it but it wasn't very helpful.
>> ken Rockwell
I just flew home and back this wknd with my Canon 40D as my carryon. Went thorugh the xray and memory card still had everything on it and it can still take pictures. Film w/iso 800+ will get fucked up, though
>> hV !!Uu8NMl1et5d
They have special film for xrays, so unless you're packing that then i doubt it.
>> sage
>>279723
sage for trolling name
>> Anonymous
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>does /p/ know of anything with cameras and customs?

You must respect the spirits of the machine and your ancestors. I suggest a symbolic sacrifice to ensure a successful shoot.
>> Anonymous
>>279726
>>279726

This man speaks the truth.
>> Anonymous
>>279723
ah well im taking my D80 and a few sandisk SD's
I think it must have been film that the xrays fuck with
>> Anonymous
>>279738
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/tib/tib5201.shtml#SEC47

this shows how xray's fuck with film camera
digital is fine xrays can't do anything to it

however magnets may mess with lcd's?
not sure on this one
>> Anonymous
Only unprocessed film in checked luggage. If you bring your film and gear as carry on, you shouldn't have anything to worry about.
>> Anonymous
Most modern x-rays are supposed to be film safe, though 800 ISO and up is starting to get iffy. I also get worried about multiple passes through x-rays. I'm heading to Nepal in a few weeks which means 10 flights in total and I'm going to be requesting as much hand inspection of my carry on luggage as possible to try and cut down the number of time's my film's exposed to x-rays.
>> Anonymous
newer machines are supposed to be film safe but my film in the camera got messed up in a recent flight.

it only messed up the frame that the roll was up to though. the rest are fine. you can always hand them to the people for hand inspection but some can be douches.
>> Anonymous
right so we have concluded that it can do no harm to digital at all?
>> Anonymous
>>280348
yeah, i've had my digital gear gone through x-ray tons of times, even in ukraine and poland, and nothing happened to it.
my film was also okay after going through x-ray.
>> Anonymous !nzFagDPRLs
>>280348

Nope none. And magnets dont affect LCDs to whoever said that above. I watched my camera gear go through the xray a couple of months ago, looked fucking cool could see all the circuits and lens elements.
>> Anonymous
>>280348
it will only harm digital if the machine spontaneously combusts or the handler drops it on the floor.
>> Anonymous
>>280359

This happens a lot.
>> VF-19
I had my film gear put through the x-ray machine when I went to Vancouver (from Ottawa) about 1.5 years ago. It was pretty cool to see the guts of my gear. I did have a small incident involving my DS lite case; it came out looking like a black brick on the scanner, so they had to check it out. All of my film (ISO 200) survived intact. And before I came home, I had my exposed film processed, so that I didn't need to worry about X-ray damage.

I did get some neat shots of the Rockies.

If you're that worried about your film being damaged, you could try out those lead lined film bags. They should do the trick.

Also, at least in Canada, they make you put ALL of your check on bags through the X-ray machine. No visual checks allowed.

Next time I head out to Vancouver, I'll leave the film cameras at home, and bring my digital kit.
>> Anonymous
>>280375

I know the TSA in the US has a part of their website which states you can ask for hand inspection. Some parts of the world are Nazi's about it though and simply won't do it, but it's always worth asking. Can sometimes help printing off stuff like this too even if you're not travelling to the US. I plan on taking one when I go overseas, even though I'm not going anywhere near US soil.

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/editorial_1035.shtm