How to get through X-ray checkpoints when traveling as a film photographer.
Before starting our own photography business, I worked in marketing and routinely flew to numerous cities in the United States to take television production stills and photograph business events. I’ve found that TSA agents in all major US airports have been super friendly and accommodating to film photographers. So thanks guys, it’s much appreciated!As I understand it though, things aren’t always so easy traveling internationally.
. So I left my TMAX P3200 and Delta 3200 films at home to avoid concerns about getting these more sensitive films through security. I narrowed myself down to Kodak TMAX 100 and Kodak Tri-X 400 for 35mm negative film. I planned to rate and push-process the Tri-X to 1600 in some cases. I also brought some Fuji Instax Mini, which is an 800-speed integral instant film.My strategy has always been to get all my film hand-checked at every security point that I can. No matter the ISO of the film.
The two agents at Dulles clearly knew what they were doing and they were respectful too. My daughter and I watched as they removed my film very carefully from the bags and counted it. They used little plastic wands with disposable sterile cotton swabs on the ends to wipe down the exteriors of about five rolls of 35mm or three packs of instant film at a time. Next, they put the swab into a device that can detect materials used to make explosives.
Our trip was coming to a close and I’d managed to get all forty rolls of 35mm and ten packs of Instax through four security checkpoints without incident! Could I make it through Charles de Gaulle Airport and have a complete, 100% X-ray-free trip?
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