Recent US to Europe travel with sheet film?

[Brian C. Miller]

What about developing the film yourself, in Europe? Take a look at Ilford's Local Darkroom site. There might be something you can use, or get in contact with someone. But at 250 sheets, make sure there's a film dryer there!

[ryanmills]

What about developing the film yourself, in Europe? Take a look at Ilford's Local Darkroom site. There might be something you can use, or get in contact with someone. But at 250 sheets, make sure there's a film dryer there!

I would have a day to try in belguim but i'm not sure I can do 250 sheets plus I don't even know how many rolls of 120 in a day lol. I might have to seriously think about that for next time.

[JMB]

Yea its the pushing and open boxes im worried most about. In the US from what I have read here and other places getting a hand check should not be an issue. France/Belguim, not so sure...

I have never had a problem getting a hand check at LAX. I could not get a hand check in Paris or London, and it seems that European airports refuse them. Your return will almost certainly be an obstacle. I just develop film wherever I shoot it now.

[jnantz]

hi ryan

i will be doing something similar to you in a month's time as well.
the last 3 or 4 times traveling to france ( the last being last year )
i had NO problem asking for hand inspection of film. just bring it all
as carry on ... and if they say send it through the scanner it is OK
for anything upto iso 400-800, tell them you expose it at faster speed
so it is actually iso 1280. even in the height of the scanner boom
cheryl jacobs ( portrait photographer who used to spend some time on APUG.org
and travel overseas for workshops and portrait gigs ) used to tell the security people
that same thing, " it says 320 but is really 1280" or something similar and her film was hand inspected, and no problems.

usually when i go through the scanners there is a "film buff" so they understand the film is marked one thing but is exposed at another ...
if i had the threads to link to i would but they are 5-7 years old ... as for the boxes of 4x5 film tape the boxes shut (strong clear tape after you open them
so the inspectors don't open them by accident .. ( and put your exposed film in a separate box and label it EXPOSED and tape it shut )

a few summers ago i exposed 100-200 sheets of film and maybe 70 rolls on a trip and it turned out OK ..
last year less and this year i will bring some, too but as i said i didn't push it (i usually give 5x more light, not less light)
so the affect from the scanners might not have shown itself. i've never flown through the airports you do, usually logan-heathrow-basel ..

have fun on your trip!
john

[cowanw]

ISO is ISO. Does it make any difference if you underexpose it i.e. push it. It is still the same film. After all the difference, if there is one is at the processing stage. ISO 400 pushed is not the same as ISO 1280 film.

[jnantz]

thanks bill

i am clueless in that department, and was just going by what cheryl said
and the way she spoke of xray/scanner damage .. from what i remember
she said something like she shoots it at a high iso and sometimes the damage
may present itself because it is being pushed ... in my cluelessness
i took it as seeing the film's midtones are turned into something else ...
and if there was mid tone banding, it might be more pronounced when it
is jolted into a higher contrast rather than being masked by other mid tones ..

but as i said, i am extremely ignorant in these things ..

[ryanmills]

ISO is ISO. Does it make any difference if you underexpose it i.e. push it. It is still the same film. After all the difference, if there is one is at the processing stage. ISO 400 pushed is not the same as ISO 1280 film.

Thanks Bill and John

I was wondering if pushing effected it vs a true high speed film like delta 3200. I just have not had any luck finding someone who had done it before to confirm it. At this point the plan is to bring mostly tmax 100 for 120 instead of 400, at least then when I push I wont ever go past 800 just to be safe.

[mathieu Bauwens]

Hello Ryan,

To buy film and/or chemistry, you can ask Aurélien ; http://labo-argentique.com/ but also to develop some of your work.

I am in Brussels if it can help you to have a darkroom for some work.

[ryanmills]

Hello Ryan,

To buy film and/or chemistry, you can ask Aurélien ; http://labo-argentique.com/ but also to develop some of your work.

I am in Brussels if it can help you to have a darkroom for some work.

Merci mathieu, If I end up getting more than one day off I might have to take you up on that