I haven't been posting many items of my own, as of late. Reasons being my camera was abandoned, and or lost, kinda left on a park bench in Little Rock. It was an accident. The grief was intense, and the new Nikon Coolpix 5000 just isn't the same.
I've been using my 35mm almost exclusively, and shooting some 50 speed Fuji Velvia. Its slide film. I love it.
..So much in fact that photos taken on the Hawaii honeymoon won't be digital. Extreme care will be taken however, to ensure that our film isn't submerged in water, ruined by extreme heat, zapped by airport x-rays, or just plain lost, because only idiots loose things.
Here are some recent favorites:
Bedford Camera is within walking distance from where I work. (at my cool job) The decision to either eat, or pay for developing, ...yeah, its a hard one sometimes.
The best plan for avoiding x-rays is to simply process stuff where you are, before getting on the plane. Otherwise, put all the unexposed film in a shopping bag and put THAT in your camera bag, so they can xray your gear and hand-check the film without a lot of fiddling around. Just tell them it's all ISO 1600 (if it makes you feel better, shoot some -- I advocate the Fuji negative offerings). If you fly through Honolulu, don't take grief from them -- they're a bit paranoid being right next to CINPAC but they still have to follow the rules.
have a great trip!
Posted by: Kevin Bjorke on September 14, 2003 04:42 AMwow. Thanks for the advice. Until this morning when I bought one of those lead-lined film sacks, I'd been a bit confused as to what to do.
Seeing as how I'll probably have more rolls of film than can fit in the protective bag, I'll follow your advice and keep the film on my person.
And not in my rectal cavity.
Knowledge is power.