Should you X-Ray your Polaroid film while traveling?
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
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In my experience when traveling to a country where you don't speak the language and you ask for a manual inspection, the agents will often become suspicious of you, or don't know how to deal with it, I think in some places is rare for people to ask for manual inspection or they don't see film too often. You need to have a bit of extra patience.
I asked at the Vienna airport to hand-check the film, because I was not sure about x-ray, but the agent said it's ok unless the film is ISO 1000 or higher. Photos came out without any problems after x-ray.
you use Instax Film?
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im forever in love with photos shot on expired/"ruined"/messed up film (as long as they're actually visible), but it's always nice to know what I'm shooting with, thanks for this!
This was a question I’ve been asking recently because I’ll be traveling a lot this summer and want to shoot some film. Thank you for answering those questions!!!! Those photo’s are magnificent📸
Glad I could help!
Thanks for the demonstration of why it's important to control variables in testing. 😄
This is so helpful! I was so worried that my film would be messed up. Thank you so much
Glad it was helpful!
Super helpful Chris, thank you! Taking my new polaroid on vacation soon and I've been worrying about whether to take film in my carry-on, or just buy it when we arrive. Now I don't have to worry 😎
Absolutely!! But when in doubt hand check it or buy it there
I've always let film go through the scanner, didn't even know you could ask TSA to hand-check stuff.
Now you now. And knowing is half the battle
Checked baggage x-ray is a different story. Had a 5 pack go through checked baggage x-ray and all photos came out as if i had overexposed them
Indeed! I do mention that in the video
No because that happened to me too 😒
You might have to update that video. I'm hering a lot of reports/rumors about new x-ray machines at the airports. And what about international flights? Is it different?
Fun fact the US government warned Kodak before nuclear bomb tests because after the first test a whole lot of *x-ray** film was damaged during production.
I looked it up and apparently it was complaints about x-ray film not photographic film.
Took my Lomo'instant Square and Instax Wide 200 on honeymoon to Orlando at Christmas, the airport guys said it was fine to go through the scanner and, sure enough, the pictures I took came out fine. I pretty much just used the Wide as I had more film and could capture more in frame.
Currently trying to justify pre-ordering a Nons SL660...
Now that’s a cool camera! But I agree it’s hard to justify
I asked and the TSA at Porto airport said it's okay. I told him I don't want to take the risk please manually handcheck but he said it can't be done.
Now all photos are coming out pink and faded. Idk if the xray damaged it or the film originally got damaged during shipping. Really expensive way to figure things out at this moment.
Welcome to my world haha I spend thousands of dollars on tests. But more than likely it was just a QC issue with Polaroid. #thankspolaroid
That's super cool it's never something I've had to deal with but something I always heard people say was a cause for concern
I need more information on the Gameboy light meter!
Well, I don't travel a lot, but in July I'm traveling with my daughter. I had doubts about X-Ray, but you know what? I'll take the risk and let's see what happens.
Just make sure it doesn’t get check and its in your carry on bag and you will be just fine.
any updates on what happened? lol
How did it go?
I just came back from a trip and my Polaroid Go film seems to be unaffected after being x-rayed twice.
Same!! I totally forgot I tested that one last year as well.
I just flew UK to USA and back, and at both ends security looked baffled that I was asking and insisted everything had to be X-rayed. Film was totally fine and unaffected.
Thank you for this video. So essentially, if your films are below 800ISO, just put them in a ziplock bag and let it go through security with your carry-on. Do not put camera or film in checked bag?
also, I just heard about storing film in refrigrator, how do you ensure that the film is not damaged during your travels? I guess my question is how long could the films stay out of a refrigrated setting and remain undamaged?
Just saw this, decent advice, but I thought the damage done by Xray and Time in the plane is cumulative... so wouldn't trying to avoid both as much as possible be the best choice?
Just ask politely, be persistent but friendly and understanding when asking for a hand check. Almost all places I have asked for a hand check have done so at various levels of willingness (no one in the US denied my request). My finding is you are more likely than not to be granted a hand check. If you are forced to xray, one pass likely wont make a huge difference for the vast majority of films (1600 and expired films excepted). It also made a big difference carrying the films out of their boxes and containers, as its quicker for them to hand check. If your films get xrayed, try not to push them in development if possible, and develop asap after getting home.
Just got back from Spain, put half a pack through and my results are a little yellow/brown. Like it's aged or lightly coffee stained. Wish I put more through lmao, it looks really nice. I will say that the airport I went through is outdated in the middle of a desert so I don't know what sort of scanners were used, assuming it was even the scanners that caused it.
Hmmm what was the temperature when you shot them? Because high heats can have photos change color.
@@JustAnotherChris It's pretty consistently 30-35c there but I don't know what else might have done it, other packs that weren't scanned were just fine or a tad magenta out of the fridge.
Why am i not surprised you guys like the gameboy camera too
do you think it would have been better to do this experiment with instax? esp since polaroid films can be so temperamental even under ideal conditions
Like I said in the video I did do this test with both polaroid and instax but for the sake of this video the SLR reason I shove Polaroid is because of how temperamental it can be so it makes for a good test. If it didn’t affect polaroid then instax will be just fine which is true.
I have an instax mini Evo and I was wondering if the camera itself without the films can go through the X-ray?
Yes that’s fine
Hey I'm not sure if you still respond to questions on this video but I was hoping to bring my instax camera and a small box of film on a flight to europe very soon.
My flight time is expected to be 8-9 hours so I was wondering if longer flight times will affect the film?
You will be fine. Just don’t have it in your checked bag.
I had leftover film in my Polaroid camera once and ran it through the x-ray. I noticed a slightly greyish cloudiness over the photos afterwards.
Never once have experienced that and I travel often
Possible they cracked it open somehow? Also keep in mine leftover film changes just while it sits open to air at room temp
Hello, when I hand my instax mini films to the tsa agent at the airport should I keep them in the cardboard box of remove it ?
Leave them as they are
I consider taking me INSTAX mini 11 on vacation but I don’t know if I can ?? This video helped a little but I need to know will the X ray hurt the camera???
It won’t hurt your camera
@@JustAnotherChris Thank you! I am going on vacation again and went back to this video. I did not end up taking it with me on the last trip because it was inconvenient, but another trip is coming up and this time I can. This video is very helpful, especially because I love taking Polaroid pictures 😊
is it safe tho for my instax films with 800 ISO going for abt multiple x-rat scans in TSA? I have to do a transit for this trip and im bringing my polaroid with me
I haven’t had any problems
hi, i just purchased the camera and had a doubt about taking the camera at higher altitudes such as airplanes, as its written in the manual it could be harmful to the battery when exposed to higher altitudes. What do you think on it?
Which camera?? But I haven’t had any issues ever flying with my cameras
Instax mini evo.
@@khushiraina7159 wow really?
Cool to see, BUT all of my film at Schiphol Airport got completely RUINED by the x-Ray machine at the hand check. I could throw away €300 in the trash, god was I mad. All film was completed pink & completely washed our. Never let your film get through X-Ray!!!
Kodak Alaris made a warning in January 2020 that new CT scanners for carry on do affect film. Maybe Schiphol has already these new scanners?
Was it instant film?
what film u use? Instax?
@@JustAnotherChris Yes, Polaroid Spectra & Polaroid 600
@@lioriowibowo4842 No Polaroid 600 & Spectra. All went to waste. Don’t travel with film in Schiphol AirPort in the scanners. They got new ones that are very hard scanneds
So I let me film go through that scan and kept it in my checked luggage and now all my pictures come out completely dark so…
Yeah like I said in the video definitely DON’T check your film. The scanners that scan checked luggage is WAY more powerful and will ruin your film.
Hi! i wanted to ask would there be an issue if i let my instax camera go thru the x-ray no extra film its just the film in the camera itself im worried theyll be ruined
It will be just fine
@JustAnotherChris thanks! I appreciate it and the video is great :)
Is the film gonna be damaged if he is already in the polaroid ? And can I ask to hand check my polaroid in itself cause my films are already in the polaroid ? BTW your video is awesome thanks for the tips !👍
It’s going to be fine inside the camera I have done that tons of times with no issues. But yes you can have it hand checked as well if you wanted
Ok thank you very much for the information !
You answered some questions there, thanks !
Awesome!
where do you keep the film while you wait for it to develop since you have to keep it in the dark?
In its canister and if its a polaroid just in the shade
When they went through the x ray was it in the special bag or not?
No special bag was used
Stupid question but what if you put some film in the microwave?
Haha now that’s a test
Just went Amsterdam and the film ( I type ) was slightly effected but nothing big
Hmmm that’s interesting. Was it a in your carry on?
@@JustAnotherChris Yh dude it was in my carry on!
Hmmm 🤔
How about film inside the camera
Perfectly fine
Im traveling with 5 packs of instax square film and I’m stressing that I spend so much money so it can be ruined once I get to my Destination
You will be fine. Just make sure it’s with your carry on.
How it goes? It works good?
pls answer
Does anyone have experience with Orlando (MCO) scanners? Thinking about flying with 15 packs of i-Type film 😵💫
Just flew out of there last month. ZERO issues
@@JustAnotherChris Great! Thank you.
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Haha I guess so! 🤓
Bro wtf is that airplane pic were you in space???
is it just me or a lot of shots are fogged LOL
Name one