I took a trip early in December to meet extended family members I rarely get to see. I took a 4-pack of Kodak 800 speed film.
Yes, you may say "there's grains! ugh!" and I agree, but for the most part I can accept the grains if it gives me the speed I need to shoot indoors without a flash. That's another issue and yes I'm looking to move to lower ISOs.
So, the film went through x-ray once on the way there, and again on the way back. No, it didn't get patted down
But when I got back and had the film processed and the prints made, I noticed some of them are a tad yellow.
I took a couple of shots out the plane window at night. I figured maybe they were yellowed because of a combination of the plexiglass windows not being totally clear and the yellow lights in general. However, there's another one I shot from the front window of a car of wind sweeping snow berms acros the road (Wisconsin; the same storm that took down the Metrodome) and it's decidedly yellowed as well.
I tried to get some long-time exposure shots of lights below at night from the plane and they had a bit of a yellow sheen as well, but I chalked this up to light polution, high speed film, and other factors.
I had to scan them all and I really spent more time than I should have correcting the airplane window shots and the snow shot, and it got me thinking maybe something isn't normal.
Then there were a couple of shots I took of my sister and mother at the airport. I suppose it could have been the indoor lighting, but I had sufficient shutter speed and aperature, the light reading was fine. It just looked very yellow. Also had to correct when scanning.
So what does x-ray fog look like? I read one comment here on APUG that somebody said they would not take anything over 400 through an x-ray. I'm wondering if that's added the yellow, or if x-rays don't work that way with color negative film.
Yes, you may say "there's grains! ugh!" and I agree, but for the most part I can accept the grains if it gives me the speed I need to shoot indoors without a flash. That's another issue and yes I'm looking to move to lower ISOs.
So, the film went through x-ray once on the way there, and again on the way back. No, it didn't get patted down
But when I got back and had the film processed and the prints made, I noticed some of them are a tad yellow.
I took a couple of shots out the plane window at night. I figured maybe they were yellowed because of a combination of the plexiglass windows not being totally clear and the yellow lights in general. However, there's another one I shot from the front window of a car of wind sweeping snow berms acros the road (Wisconsin; the same storm that took down the Metrodome) and it's decidedly yellowed as well.
I tried to get some long-time exposure shots of lights below at night from the plane and they had a bit of a yellow sheen as well, but I chalked this up to light polution, high speed film, and other factors.
I had to scan them all and I really spent more time than I should have correcting the airplane window shots and the snow shot, and it got me thinking maybe something isn't normal.
Then there were a couple of shots I took of my sister and mother at the airport. I suppose it could have been the indoor lighting, but I had sufficient shutter speed and aperature, the light reading was fine. It just looked very yellow. Also had to correct when scanning.
So what does x-ray fog look like? I read one comment here on APUG that somebody said they would not take anything over 400 through an x-ray. I'm wondering if that's added the yellow, or if x-rays don't work that way with color negative film.
