Have you ever noticed that pilots always have tanned skin? In today's climate of airport security, Op/Tech's X-Ray Pouch continues to offer the frequent traveler an important layer of extra protection for film and other sensitive mediums against a perpetually-overlooked threat; the powerful ambient radiation in an airplane's cabin during daylight flights.
Leaded bags, of course, do prevent the accumulative effects of low-dosage airport security systems used to examine carry-on luggage. But that hardly matters anymore: upon seeing an opaque blob upon their screen, most airports now insist that you remove the material from the leaded bag and have it scanned a second time. The carry-on scanner is not where the X-Ray Pouch proves its worth. Go ahead and allow the scanner to examine the film if it isn't destined for a long series of scans in various airports, for the radiation in the cabin of an airplane during even a single daylight flight (even with the film secured in a carry-on bag in the overhead luggage bin) is more powerful than the damage attributable to exposure to a carry-on scanner! Because of its uniform fogging from the atmospheric radiation bombarding the airplane's cabin, base-level radiation damage is often missed by an observer, while the banded fogging usually caused by scanners is fairly apparent.
The X-Ray Pouch will not protect your film or medium in checked luggage; today's security systems used on checked baggage will destroy film. Never put undeveloped film in your checked luggage!
The flexible lead liner used in the X-Ray Pouch is captured between two layers of durable nylon fabric. The full flap secures the contents and provides complete lead shield protection. The X-Ray Pouch is sure to be a traveler's best friend.
