Fogged film on my Paris trip. Le sigh.
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- The one camera, one lens challenge is tough enough, so choosing a film camera adds another dimension. Particularly when a problem with the film arises. In this video Alastair takes his trusty Rolleiflex to Paris and one of the infinite film variables becomes an issue.
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Great video. Good discussion. Thank you
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I am also traveling through France at the moment , took the Mamaiya 7 and a 35mm camera. I can recommend friendly asking for a hand check for the film , most airports will do it , the only exception is London so far. For that case I have a Donke led bag which helps a bit with the radiation.
I've shot 15 year old expired Fiji slide film and it was basically fine. Just had to deal with some color cast which Photoshop handled nicely. Do what you think is comfortable for you, but I'd get some advice from others before abandoning ship. I think it was most likely from the airport scan. Paris is notorious for re-scanning anything they don't understand. They made me remove every lens, body and accessory (digital) and ran everything through again.
If flying : Hand Check again ; HAND CHECK in and out ....ALL FILMS.
I've been down this same path. I don't want my film shots to look like digital. But equally I don't want them to be orange sludge coloured suggestions of something (like the shots I got from a roll of Ferrania colour 200 from '91 that must have been stored in an oven). If I want quirkier than average, there are plenty of fresh lomo and other films to play with that will be more reliably quirky.
slide film if stored well and cold lasts a long time, c41 however especially high iso films get a bit hit and miss with age even if you store it cold.
If you got CT scanned that would do it. It depends a lot where the film is physically in the scanner, a bit like how you can get hot and cold pockets in a microwave. These really look like low level radiation damage.
To rule that out as an option, shoot a roll from the same batch at home and compare.
Should you really, *really* want to get rid of lots of the faster expired stuff, I would absoluely be interested for more than three bucks a roll...
If you went through an airport be aware that the scanners have to upgraded so that laptops now do not need to be separated from your carry on. You MUST ask for a manual check at the airport no matter what the staff tell you. It may vary at different airports but relying on the opinion of airport staff who know nothing about film would be ill advised.Your camera must be empty as the camera has to go through the scanner and cannot be hand checked so any film in it will be damaged. The worst part is you continue to use the film and only find it was damaged when you get home. Cheers!
Yeah. But what if they refuse to hand-check it? Strangely, only some of my 400-iso film was damaged. The colour is fine. The TX is a mess, though.
@@UnderexposedwithAlastairBird Here's the reply I got from Auckland Airport :
Good Morning,
Thank you for your email querying the carriage of 50 rolls of 35mm film.
This film is not suitable to be processed through our carry on screening x-rays, normally we can perform hand search and trace detection procedure on small amounts of film for the recreational traveller. Also we advise you do not have any film in your camera as the x-ray unit will also interfere with this film and all cameras must be x-rayed. There is no documentation for the manual check, you will need to request this on the day and be patient whilst our staff conduct their checks on your 35mm film if you wish to carry them all in your carry on luggage.
Alternatively, you can place the film into your check in luggage travelling from New Zealand, however I cannot comment on other countries and what their processes will be for your checked in luggage.
Kind Regards, Aviation Security
@theblackandwhitefilmproject thanks for sending that along. Different airports seem to handle things quite differently.
a film expired less than 10 years should be still good. As others said here. It seems to be the airport scan
Leave the expired film for the hipsters that think it’s “cool”