Dr G again took the mighty Samsung AF Slim Zoom to Europe. Last time flying out of Paris/France the film was fogged (same camera, same film). This time no issues so it seems to be the luck of the draw which x-ray machine you get. And yes again she was denied a hand check.
Desmolicious wrote:
Dr G again took the mighty Samsung AF Slim Zoom to Europe. Last time flying out of Paris/France the film was fogged (same camera, same film). This time no issues so it seems to be the luck of the draw which x-ray machine you get. And yes again she was denied a hand check.
madNbad wrote:
Nice images and that the film made it there and back without any fogging is just about miraculous. Hard to believe it's been a year since our trip.
Yeah, she only shot one roll even though I gave her three, because they all were passed through the xray. She remembered how they got messed up last time, and so didn't want to use up anymore.
Looking at the results, I think the unused film should be ok. So I can use it here. Fingers crossed!
Desmolicious wrote:
Dr G again took the mighty Samsung AF Slim Zoom to Europe. Last time flying out of Paris/France the film was fogged (same camera, same film). This time no issues so it seems to be the luck of the draw which x-ray machine you get. And yes again she was denied a hand check.
I guess it’s not so much dependent on which machine, but rather what intensity it’s set to. The new CT scanners are obviously higher risk, because they‘re practically multiple x-ray scans from different angles. But if they crank up the intensity on one of the old machines, they can also toast Fojak 400..
First off, now I know why Leica frame counters go to 40. Thirty nine exposures on this roll.
After returning from Europe last November, Andie and I have been housebound between doctors appointments, leg surgery, cataract surgery and a bunch of concrete work for the new driveway. Last week, we went to the coast for a few days. The first three days were in the Nye Beach section of Newport, Oregon. A Pacific storm moved in the day we arrived and lasted for three days. Five inches of rain, thirty mile an hour wind with gust to sixty. Mostly we stayed in the room. Friday the weather cleared and we headed north to Lincoln City to watch the King Tides. The highest tides of the year happen when the Earth, Sun and Moon align increasing gravitational pull on the ocean. Our room in Lincoln City was just above beach level but the storm had subsided and the tides didn't come over the wall. I used two rolls of HP-5, here are some from the first roll I scanned. There will be more later this evening.
Nice shots! The driftwood reminds me of the time my brother and I went camping at Dungeness Spit in Washington State; the shoreline was piled high with driftwood like this. When I got back home I was on the phone with a friend describing our trip, and when I said we'd spent a night camping at Dungeness Spit he misheard me and said, "you went camping in a dungeon of spit?"
Here are a few from our trip to the Oregon coast. For most of the twentieth century, the Nye Beach neighborhood of Newport was mostly SRO's and cheap housing for laborers. In the mid 1960's it attracted hippies and others seeking the counter culture lifestyle. In the early 1980's a Portland businesswoman bought the old hotel, renamed it The Sylvia Beach and decorated the rooms using the theme of different authors. It was a fun place to stay. Meals were served family style to encourage conversation amongst the guest. In the 2010's the area received a makeover, the money moved in and the hippies moved out but it stayed a hub for visual and performance art on the central coast.
Just south of Depoe Bay, Oregon is the Otter Crest Loop. It includes Cape Foulweather, Otter Crest and at the south end, Boiler Bay and The Devil's Punchbowl State Natural Areas. A few months back in a newspaper article, a USCG's Rescue Swimmers recounted his experience of coming to the aid of trapped at the bottom of the Punchbowl.
