Aaron Razi Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Howdy! I recently visited Rome and brought my Super 8 along to get some shots of the gorgeous city and the ruins. Along the way, I encountered many X-Ray machines, at the airport and at museums and such. I was sure that I only let my film through machines that said that film would be fine, but I was curious/paranoid if the machines are truly film-safe or are just "film-safe"? It would be a shame to lug my camera across the world and not have the film turn out. I had cartridges with 100D, 200, and 500T ISO. Additionally, in the worst case scenario, how would an X-Ray affect the film? Does it expose it partially? Or does it distort the color/contrast? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Michael Lehnert Posted March 23, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted March 23, 2019 Howdy, Aaron! before a multitude of answers will flood in giving you such a variety of single experiences due to the plethora of x-ray/scatter scan devices deployed nowadays ("Yelp, LAX ate my 7219" / "That never happenend with K-40" / "I am a lifetime BA Black Card holder, and never had any fogging on any film due to x-rays" / "insist on manual checks even if the TSA tasers you down" / "the one in the British Museum is a decade old x-ray scanner that wouldnt be allowed in airport today, insist on manual checks" / "I got a 3000 ISO 2008-expired super-sensitive Polaroid pack film through Qatar's new scatter scanners, and had no problems!!"), may I suggest to also search the forum and have a look at the FAQ on this topic below? Click me for the X-Ray & Scanning FAQ Post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Razi Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 If anyone was curious, the film came out just fine! Here is a link of the finished project ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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