Travel With Film: Are Airport Security X-Ray and CT Scanners Safe? The ULTIMATE Test!

Do airport security scanners damage film? Is it true, that X-ray scanners are safe for films up to 1600ISO? The new CT (computer tomography) security scanners - do they ruin film at any ISO? Is 35mm film safer to take through scanners than 120? Do X-ray protective bags work? Should we insist on hand-checking, or stop being paranoid?
With this video, I am trying to answer those questions, to have the peace of mind when traveling with film.

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Huge THANK YOU to Fotoimpex for supporting this experiment for our analog community!
Fotoimpex is one of Europe's biggest photo retailers and the ADOX official distributor. Shipping worldwide!

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Chemistry used:
• https://www.fotoimpex.com/chemistry/a...
• https://www.fotoimpex.com/chemistry/a...
• https://www.fotoimpex.com/chemistry/a...

Protective bags:
https://www.fotoimpex.com/films/domke...

Film:
ADOX HR-50: https://www.fotoimpex.com/films/adox-...
ADOX CHS 100II: https://www.fotoimpex.com/films/adox-...
Cinestill 50D: https://www.fotoimpex.com/films/cines...
Cinestill 800T: https://www.fotoimpex.com/films/cines...

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Why I decided to test airport scanners for film safety
03:44 - Going to the Fotoimpex Berlin store and getting A LOT of film
05:25 - 15 hours of exposing all the rolls
09:21 - Berlin Brandenburg Airport and passing through the X-ray scanners 6 times
14:01 - Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and the CT scanners
17:25 - Processing black and white film
20:17 - Conclusion: film damage from X-ray and CT scanners shown and discussed