From: Keith Sanborn (email suppressed)
Date: Sat Jan 14 2006 - 16:53:27 PST
Thanks. Much appreciated.
Keith
>I've travel thru Europe quite a bit, and a couple of times a year
>Europe to NY, and personally have had no problem, either with minidv
>or photography film, always putting it in my hand luggage, never
>checked luggage. Several sources that I checked said the same - that
>checked luggage goes thru stronger x-ray machines.
>
>Zev
>Zev Robinson
>www.artafterscience.com
>www.zrdesign.co.uk
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Sanborn" <email suppressed>
>To: <email suppressed>
>Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 10:36 PM
>Subject: Re: current x-ray machines, dv tapes, and other digital media
>
>>Thanks. Good thoughts. Random google searches have told me there is
>>nothing to worry about technologically, but since the machines are
>>now stronger than ever, I think it would be good to share
>>experiences on this.
>>
>>One thing suggested was that the machines used to inspect hand
>>luggage were less strong than the ones used to inspect checked
>>luggage. I don't know if this is true or not. US regulations call
>>for the x-raying of ALL luggage--carry-on or checked, so this
>>website said. The suggestion was to put media and camera in
>>carry-on luggage. This has the additional benefit of not being
>>subject to theft by baggage personnel; if this sounds paranoid, it
>>happens too often in New York and occasionally they get caught.
>>That's what makes the news and it does here occasionally. The
>>problem with putting it all in your carry-on luggage is fitting it
>>all in, then keeping track of it while you're taking off your
>>shoes, etc etc. so that someone in line with you doesn't walk off
>>with it either by accident or on purpose.
>>
>>Keith
>>
>>>Probably not to safely predict unless one knows about the machine
>>>involved, the type of checkpoint, etc. Many times, I've had to
>>>subject miniDV tapes, CF and hard drives without event. For a
>>>few, small, items like DV tapes and CF chips, if you carry them in
>>>your pocket or hand right up to the walk-through metal detector,
>>>the attendant will often put them in the small tray with your car
>>>keys etc. and pass them around. Can only be a handful of readily
>>>recognized items though. Rob D.
>>>
>>>At 11:22 AM -0500 1/14/06, Keith Sanborn wrote:
>>>>Does anyone have any recent experience travelling internationally
>>>>and taking either dv-tapes or compact flash type media through
>>>>one of the current generation of x-ray machines?
>>>>
>>>>Is it possible, or worth to try to convince people to hand search
>>>>your tapes and digital media, or is this unnecessary worrying?
>>>>
>>>>Keith Sanborn
>>>
>>>--
>>>Rob Danielson
>>>Film Department
>>>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>>>
>>>
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