Antonio Corcuera
7-Sep-2005, 08:09
Just arrived from a 3 week trip to Chile. Itinerary: Barcelona-Frankfurt-Sao Paulo-Santiago and same back.
Number of x-ray scans on film: 4 (Barcelona, Santiago, Santiago, Frankfurt). I expected more. Transit in Sao Paulo doesn't requiere scanning, as does flying via Buenos Aires.
Hand inspections: 1 (Frankfurt, re-entering Europe, short camera check, couple of laughs, "that's a camera?")
Film carried: Provia 100F 4x5 sheets and 120 rolls. No fogging at all.
As a test, I carried an exposed ISO800 35mm film, which did show some fogging. Next time I'll take a 400 film to see how that goes...
Carried Sinar case as hand luggage + manhattan portage shoulder bag with film and documents - no problems at all. When flying back they wanted me to check-in the case, but after explaining it was a camera and a delicate piece of equipment, they let me carry it on.
Just wanted to share the experience. Although there are lots of users in this forum with bad airline travelling with LF experiences (actually having stopped taking their LF gear on international flights), mine was fine and straight forward. Best,
Number of x-ray scans on film: 4 (Barcelona, Santiago, Santiago, Frankfurt). I expected more. Transit in Sao Paulo doesn't requiere scanning, as does flying via Buenos Aires.
Hand inspections: 1 (Frankfurt, re-entering Europe, short camera check, couple of laughs, "that's a camera?")
Film carried: Provia 100F 4x5 sheets and 120 rolls. No fogging at all.
As a test, I carried an exposed ISO800 35mm film, which did show some fogging. Next time I'll take a 400 film to see how that goes...
Carried Sinar case as hand luggage + manhattan portage shoulder bag with film and documents - no problems at all. When flying back they wanted me to check-in the case, but after explaining it was a camera and a delicate piece of equipment, they let me carry it on.
Just wanted to share the experience. Although there are lots of users in this forum with bad airline travelling with LF experiences (actually having stopped taking their LF gear on international flights), mine was fine and straight forward. Best,