Both Kodak and Fuji have also issued statements encouraging film photographers to request that their film is hand-checked. If the airport is using any of the following CT type x-ray scanners, and you are travelling with film, ask that it be hand-checked at security; Smiths – CTIX. L3 – Clearscan. Rapiscan – 920CT / Connect CT. IDSS If you want to make it to your destination and back home with film undamaged by x-rays, remember these do’s and don’ts: Do be prepared. Do not pack film in checked bags. Do put your film in your carry-on bag. Do not forget to remove your film when passing through security check-points. Do pull your film out early. Silicon Film, a proposed digital sensor cartridge for film cameras that would allow 35 mm cameras to take digital photographs without modification was announced in late 1998. Silicon Film was to work as a roll of 35 mm film, with a 1.3 megapixel sensor behind the lens and a battery and storage unit fitting in the film holder in the camera. The The Digi Swap also exposes the M3's delicate foam seals to the elements; these seals are crucial to keeping the camera light-tight for 35mm film and can deteriorate, dry out, and fall apart over time. Figure 4: To draw excess film back into a 35mm cassette, rotate the spool hub slowly counter-clockwise. Now load the film as by following the steps as though for the first time. If you pull out too much film again, just repeat the process. Do not rotate the film cassette's spool hub in a clockwise direction. The boom pole holder. Another way to position a camera directly overhead is to use a combination of a monopod and a boom pole holder. Clip the camera into the monopod, then slip the monopod into the boom pole holder. Important: Double-check that everything is locked tight, from the camera mount to the grip head. First, set the ISO at one half the box speed of your film. So if your film is 400, you set the camera to ISO 200. This makes it so that you are overexposing your film by one stop. Now you set the The instax WIDE 300 Instant Film Camera is shaped like a DSLR with a large handgrip, and the shutter button and power lever ergonomically located on top of that grip. It also uses a ring around the lens to control its zone-focus system. The two motor-driven focus modes are 3.0-9.8' and 9.8' to infinity. SKeVYaL.