I want to ask a friend to bring a few packs of Instax film from the US for me and I want to know how the x ray machines might affect the undeveloped film. My friend would bring them here to me in Mexico...
Films 800 and higher (800, 1600, 3200 iso), should not go thru the x-ray. I recently took a lot of films on holidays in the US, the security staff were very helpful and understanding. I put my high iso films and instax in a clear ziplock bag, and asked for hand inspection, they do a swab to check for whatever they are screening for. The x-ray machine has a sign that says films under 800 are OK in the machine, that means 400, 200, 100 etc. not 800.
There is a risk if you put it in the checked baggage, as sometimes this is x-rayed, and that's supposed to be even stronger x-ray.
So, take your film in a clear ziplock to the security people and ask for hand inspection due to 800 iso. Couple of times I was asked extra questions, they asked to see the camera, I explained it's big in Japan. Another time they asked me to open the package, opening the cardboard package, and even opening the silver wrapper is OK because the film is still safe inside it's black plastic cartridge.
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