Testing the Myth of X-Ray instax/Polaroid film while flying
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
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You hear all the time NEVER have your Instant photos x-rayed at the airport BUT does it really matter?? let's find out!
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I love the idea of testing if instant film works after being frozen. I remember watching a video from Sissi Lu where this older gentleman gave her his old very old original Polaroid film that has been frozen for years, and the film still worked. I loved that video because it showed the old chemistry from Polaroid and the fact that if it’s frozen it can last a long time.
Yeah! Thanks for the feedback! Definitely going to be trying that next
@@JustAnotherChris I freeze most of my film, including Instax. So far, no problem, I just wait an hour or two before using it just in case (and it's because i watched your videos about shooting instant film in cold temperatures)
Another great video! When it comes to Polaroid might be a combination of many things and quality control may be the bulk of it. I had 2 packs of color I-type with black frames that came out even more severely washed out that your. Contacted Polaroid who asked for images and lot numbers of the film and details about how it was shot/stored/transported/conditions during development/etc. I even shot one with a instep+ and one with a converted SX-70 several months apart. Only common denominator was being scanned (at least once) on a trip from New York to Tokyo. Polaroids response was the xray scan(s) were responsible. And the sent me 2 free packs of film.
Interestingly, Polaroid suggested that the effects of the Xray worsen over time. My pics and when I took them kind of show that, but not definitively.
At any rate I’ll be having my stuff hand checked from now on, or purchased at the destination, and maybe even invest in a shielded bag for long flights…
Unfortunately the pics I had taken were at Hiroshima and later at the Kennedy space center. Not something I’m likely to shoot again. 😞.
From Polaroid:
“Sadly TSA may have still put the film through X-Ray, as they are showing extreme signs of X-Ray damage as well as signs of improper shielding.
X-Ray damage effects will worsen over time so the 1st pack may not be as affected as the last pack you use, etc. These warnings can also be found on every box of film as well.
Now it is okay to travel with film, however, you will always need to have the film100 % hand checked by TSA, or if you take the film to amusement parks, those X-Rays you walk through can affect it as well. Similar, but not as extreme, results can happen when using the camera in very hot temperatures or storing the film in warmer than recommended temperatures for extended periods. However, that cloudiness you are seeing is from X-Ray damage.”
Sorry for the long post, but this is a sore subject for me. Still love my Polaroids but it’s tough when you know how good it could be with Fuji… if you’re curious to see my damaged images let me know.
BTW, the Fuji foil packaging reflects most the X-rays. But just enough gets thru for TSA to see it’s film. But not enough to fog it.
Interesting!! I have tested with foil and without foil and have had the same results
This might be my favorite video yet! Love the MythBusters vibe.
Thank you! 😊
His intro is funny. A jock who became a nerd… you were always a nerd, and I mean that in the best way possible. One of us!
You know it! 🤓
From what I understand the main difference between cabin and checked baggage scanners is not so much the intensity, but more that the scanners for checked baggage make "slices", so they scan the luggage in layers to essentially create a 3D image of the contents, meaning they perform 50-70 scans on a single piece of luggage compared to a single one for cabin baggage
I flew international (MSQ to FRA to MCO) and I checked my luggage with a Mini 8 camera. It had a film pack inside with 4 shots left. It got ruined 😢 No problem whatsoever with unopened packs.
Hmmm that’s interesting 🤔
Timely and relevant, as I just had TSA hand check my film going to and from PolaCon (cool to meet you there, btw). I let my Polaroid camera go through the machines with a partial pack left in, and the images seem to be fine. Though, I was shooting high contrast scenes indoors with flash, so that would have offset any fogginess.
If you have to take things out of your bag (like laptops etc), it might not be proper CT scans. Several European airports let you leave everything in the bag because the scanners will scan enough layers to let them 3d visualize the items
Indeed! I dug deeper after this video and found that out. Wish I could’ve included it in the final video!
sx-70 film and 600 film are just as sensitive since both their base iso is 640, the SX-70 has a build in nd filter.
Now I am on my honeymoon in Japan and I traveled with my film and when I passed through Colombia in one of the new scanners all my film was ruined, the images are discolored and blurry 😢😢
Cincy local here, can confirm CVG has those new CT scanners.
I have two packs of B&W i-type that accidentally went through them and now im curious to pull them out and see the results.
I have (just) another theory: I'm pretty sure the packaging paper/foil around the cartridges contains aluminium. And I'm also pretty sure it's been made precisely to protect the film from radiations (it probably acts as a Faraday cage. The X-ray disclaimer may just be an additional measure just to be safe).
Interesting theory. I have actually tested packs with and without the foil and have had the same results
Could you do a Grainy Days style shootout sometime? If like to see your method and it could be a good low pressure video. Explaining your method and what you're looking for as you're taking photos. I think a lot of people would enjoy it 😊
I wonder what if not bring film with and buy in that city u traveld? Would be easy ? And not wondering will it damage or not 🤔
Good idea. In the US it’s seems readily available in Target and Walmart. at leas the standard offerings…
@@chadhauze1683 yes by looking how popular it is it can be posible to buy in u.s. in europe posible too just need google near by photo store 🤷♀️😊
In Landvetter airport in Sweden they don’t hand check my film. I have asked over 15 times and they always say no.. Sucky airport. But i have never had any problem with Polaroid film. 35mm film however are always ruined…..
Oh dang that’s a bummer!!
I flew with polaroid go film, it got messed up. all the pictures shot looked very pinkish and grainy but also had a interesting aesthetic that i would love too shoot again with. Im wondering if the polaroid film for 600/i-type and sx-70 is stronger against x-rays than go film.
there is technically more radiation the higher you go up in the atmosphere than anything those machines would produce. either way I would personally take the safer route and get my stuff handchecked. I've seen that people have made official looking Kodak stickers that warn against xrays and CT that seems to convince TSA
i’m planing on going to mexico and i know the airport security is a lot more strict would i still be able to bring polaroid film still?
Hmm polaroid might be tricky but make sure to NOT check the film in your luggage. Bring it with you as your carry on.
Wouldn't the film sold in a country have been x-rayed during import unless manufacured locally? seems like a huge security risk/ opportunity for smuggling if film was exempt from that
Flying to Spain next week so will request a hand check for my Polaroid I-Type films. Crapping it though! 😬
Have you ever had any problems in security with the fact that polaroid 600 film contains a battery? Are those batteries definitely allowed on all planes? Great video, great to see your results :)
Oh yeah those are fine. Nothing to worry about.
Have you ever tried the polaroid one600?
I have! It’s a great camera! Will be doing a video on it soon!
@@JustAnotherChris nice😃
I just want to kind of bring up a thought I had. I have a decent amount of experience with film and x-rays. I am by no means an instant photography expert because my experience comes from industrial radiography film. I will say this, in almost every scenario where there is a form of x-ray or scanner involving radiation and they do something to improve it the first thing they improve is safety. When they update things like picture (x-ray) definition, they actually try to improve the quality of their image. However, at the same time they use updated sensors and scanners so that these improvements will allow them to use less radiation (exposure). My theory is that the reason you may not be having any "luck" destroying your film is due to updated and safer x-ray/ct scanners. Because stronger might not necessarily mean more radiation, but better scanners and displays. Let me know what you think of this. I would still have them hand checked to be safe because you never know which airports have old/new equipment.
A Ct scan is a scan hospitals do. I get them once year.
Indeed they do them there as well
7:01 This is not right. They can just see it.
Its lead lined and can’t see it without hand checking it
@@JustAnotherChris lina bessonova youtube Her latest video. I know it's not a Polaroid, but from 11:40 she tells it.
You should try taking the film out into a dark bag and microwaving it then putting it back in the pack.
Hmmm 🤔
I bet it'll taste great.
Damn 600 film got smoked 😂
Yeah unfortunately so!
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