Re: FYI on photography

["Jerry Paris" <Mistylla@worldnet.att.net>]

Poster: "Jerry Paris" <Mistylla@worldnet.att.net>

Thank you, 
For sharing this tid bit of unhealth new.  They just know how people this
could affect, again thank you.
Misty

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> From: Orendil@aol.com
> To: atlantia@atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: FYI on photography
> Date: Sunday, June 28, 1998 12:28 PM
> 
> 
> Poster: Orendil@aol.com
> 
> Greetings to all..........
> 
> I'm passing along a warning that was included in a newsletter from one of
my
> other associations. They cite an article in the June Popular Photography.
> 
> A new generation of x-ray machines is being emplaced at airports to scan
> checked baggage.  These machines have a high power setting that can/will
be
> used when something of a suspicious nature is seen. The warning is that
this
> setting WILL damage undeveloped film in the luggage - even if protected
in a
> lead-lined bag. The article they cite supposedly referes to a BBC team
that
> lost 5 weeks of film from a shoot in New Guinea.
> 
> This equipment is only for use on checked baggage....so everyone is being
> advised to transport their undeveloped film in their carry-on luggage
only. 
> 
> I would really hate to hear of someone making that 'once in a life time'
trip
> to some museum in Europe, only to lose all the documentation they had so
> diligently put together.
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