> Anticipating those pictures of yours.
Me too! Worst thing about travelling is the agonizing wait to see the
pictures.
> A question: did you have any problems with airport security, x-rays and stuff?
> Either Down Under, in Japan or on return to the heart of the Empire ;-)
>
> Henrik Dahl
Aha, yes, the security issue. Quite a lot more security procedures than
the last time I travelled, but nothing really too obtrusive. I took all
my film in my hand luggage, which I've never bothered to do before.
Kept a careful lookout on the various machines for notes about film, and
they all said they were safe up to a certain speed, which was 3200 at
Heathrow, 1600 in Japan (Tokyo, Narita and also Kansai, Osaka) and 1000
in Australia (Sydney). I don't know whether they account for the fact
that your film is likely to go through three or four machines on a
typical journey, but as all my film except one roll was 100 speed I
reckoned it would be all right with a few passes. The other roll was
1600 speed (in case I got to see the Leonids, which I didn't - bah!),
and as the notice in Australia said that films faster than 1000 speed
could be hand inspected I requested this. I obviously got a bored
security guy because he mindlessly insisted that the notice said 2000
speed was OK. I insisted in return that it quite clearly said 1000 and
I wasn't going to put 1600 film through the machine and after a bit of
inane hesitation he agreed.
Time wise 2 hours before flying was plenty enough time to get through
everything, the only slow point being the inspection of had luggage at
Heathrow, for which there was a huge queue and only one inspection
point, which at the busiest airport in the world was possibly a bit
ill-considered. No wonder it's not the heart of an empire any more,
eh?:)
Another point I noted with world-weary cynicism was that on Japan
Airlines you get plastic knives, but they still give you metal forks.
I'll find out soon enough whether the film made it through the x-rays OK
- posted it all to Fuji on Friday so it should be coming back tomorrow
or thereabouts. If there's anything up I'll let everyone know.
Cheers,
Roger
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