Took 75 rolls of 35mm with in carry on used a smal1 lunch box size cooler bag. Real quick just got back from 3 weeks in England (Southern and SE coast) and Germany (mostly Bavaria) with short side trips to France, (rue da Vin) Switzerland and Austria. I saw some UPS trucks in Ireland when I was there. There has to be a way to send that stuff over there without having to worry about what happens to it. I process everything myself, or I would try to locate a place to have it done there, although that is iffy. I'd like to return and lug my 4X5, lenses, film, etc. I can't even buy that amount of film here in Honolulu without a special order. Even in Cork, and probably Dublin, that amount of film would have required a special order and who knows how many days. If I was shooting in a place like Paris, I would have paid the extra $$ and purchased the film there at FNAC, but Ireland is not France. One becomes reduced to offering bribes to the security agents in hope of reducing the number of scans by one or two. I suspect that not all scanners are equal at all times in all countries. I did have B&W film ruined on a previous trip, even though it was in a lead bag.

At some point, yes, the scanners do have an effect, especially when one adds on the necessity of returning by the same route. In any case, the trip from Honolulu to Cork requires passing through at least three airport scanners, at least on the route I needed to go. Transporting 40 rolls of 120 film was not possible in a carry-on which was already dedicated to the transportation of a medium-format system, unfortunately. The need to place oneself at the mercy of security agents. There has to be a way to SEND film ahead without the uncertainty or Two passes through the scanner weren't fatal and the negs are fine. Inspecting film, unlike the two US airports I passed through. On the way back, the French would absolutely not consider hand Me over one evening, developed a blank roll of film and offered me a The idea of shooting with pre-fogged film was so awful that I locatedĪ wonderfully friendly member of the Irish Photo Club who actually had There I got the 'no problem on our side except for theĪirlines FedEx may contract with, outside its own fleet' response. (Clonakilty) and decided to calm myself with another call to the IrishįedEx office.

Pins and needles until I got the film near Cork Problem except when it leaves our hands in Cork and goes through IrishĬustoms' response. Just to calm a nagging suspicion, I called back and got the 'no 'absolutely no problem' response and felt ok about packing it off. It's nerve-wracking (wrecking?) When Iįirst called FedEx to ask about sending film to Cork, I got the Managed to send myself 40 rolls of T-Max 100 (120 size) through FedEx. I just returned from a trip to France and the Republic of Ireland and

Fedex photocopy