Thank you for doing that test and sharing the results.
Thank you for doing that test and sharing the results.
A very useful report, Arne. Thanks for including the details. For absolute clarity... this was after a single exposure?
I expect this type machine to be used in many more places, other than airports.
Buses, trains, government buildings and shopping Malls for starters...
Thanks for testing
Tin Can
Bizarrely, I just flew to the UK from Schiphol (Amsterdam, NL) and found a slightly different scanning problem. I did indeed have a film camera with me, but was planning to scrounge a few rolls of HP5+ 120 from my sister and develop that before returning, so the potential photography problem was avoided.
As this was a Christmas visit, I took two large stollen cakes with me as gifts and these were immediately flagged as suspicious. Apparently the almond-paste with which they are filled appears 'suspicious' on the colourised, 3-D, hand-baggage scanners, so the two cakes were swab-tested - with apologies from the staff - before being cleared through. Apparently this is not an unusual event for cakes containing almond-paste. Very strange.
I had same problem a few years ago at Heathrow with toffee. I was told it was a “density detection” that initiated a second look.
Well, thank you, Arne, for sacrificing a bit of your own film to prevent other people ruining their own.
I asked the security person what was the reason and she politely refused to give any details. I suppose the almond-paste filling could have been appearing as something 'hidden' inside the cake, or the sugar and almond mixture might share some chemical characteristics of improvised explosives. In either case, the whole problem was dealt with thoroughly inside a couple of minutes, but it was unusual as it isn't the first time I have taken that brand of cake through that airport (a regular present at Christmas time).
My "The Pod" Bean Bags always get flagged.
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