I have come to the conclusion that I need to bring all of my rolls of film as a carry-on bag because of the much less intense x-ray scanning that the carry-on bags receive. If I'm wrong about that tell me now, please! Two years ago I asked a security checkpoint guard about my films, as I didn't want them x-rayed. He was pretty friendly about it and told me that he recommended I never ask for rolls of film to be inspected individually to avoid x-rays. "You're going to delay yourself a long while while we swab. We don't have time for that and neither do you. Run your film through carry-on x-rays, they're light, and films up to 800 ISO are fine."
Well, he was right. Even 1600 Fuji color and 3200 Ilford B/W made it through just fine. No ill effects.
Multiple flights per tour, multiple x-rays of my carry-on luggage with my films. Always good.
But what if I want to bring like 150 rolls of film? That's just too big and too heavy for carry-on.
How to pro film-shooters do it?
Matt
