Re: [OM] X-Rays and my film....

[Winsor Crosby]

>  > shots are grey and poor and the b&w are definitely
> >  effected, there's hardly a shot with any black in at
> >  all, just mucky grey etc.
> I normally haven't taken color print film through x-rays, but my
> slide films do get nasty D-Max when passed through several
> times.  I don't care what THEY say, it does affect slow films
> too.  I put all my film in a 1-gallon ziplock bag and have them
> hand-check it and if I have time and the line isn't too bad,
> I'll hand check the camera.
>
> If the line is bad and the security people are looking frazzled,
> I don't bother with the camera, computer or anything--just my
> film.  Of course, my camo-covered tripod will get their
> attention, but as long as I don't have an NRA hat on, I'm ok.
>
> Ken N.
With all the design to light spectrum that the film companies do I 
wonder whether they give any effort to making film insensitive to 
Xray? And are some better than others?
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California

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