The Film Photographers Ultimate Travel Guide

In this video I give you an easy guide for travelling with film, this includes your camera, film, navigating airport scanners and capturing the best possible photos once you get there!

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Thank you all for the time you take to watch my videos!

Max

[theblackandwhitefilmproject]

FYI there has been an upgrade with CT scanners at airports. You no longer need to take your computer and 100ml liquids out of your carry on but the downside is the x-rays are stronger and they WILL affect all film. I contacted two airports and they confirmed this as fact. All film must be hand checked. Some airports even have a sign suggesting a manual check. Any information on YouTube or Google that says it is OK is out of date. The x-rays fog the film like the Northern Lights. Good luck purchasing film at your destination... Cheers!

[TheWholePicture]

Great video that really summarizes things for those who want to take film on vacation but dont know where to start. I was a big pentax user early on in my film photography career and think they are fantastic especially now that a lot of popular options are no longer budget for many people. Looking forward to more videos!

[terencelaubach]

Great portrait of the woman in the window.

[peterfreeman]

Can't believe you suggested that song.

[Stringbob]

Nice one Max, some really good advice there which really resonates with me.

[DixonLu]

@4:25, the video switched to (just) a photographers guide, unrelated to film.

More traveling tips:

1. Don't leave film in a camera. Some Gen Z security (Costa Rica) may decide hand inspection means opening up your camera to see what a film camera is. Or they don't want to be liable for breaking your camera so insist on sending it through the machine (Heathrow).

2. Some airports' security (Taiwan, Japan) will open and hand inspect EVERY 35mm canister, and make you take them out of their boxes. You will be waiting a long time for them to go thru your 40 canisters (if you survive the angry mob behind you). They may make you take the 120s out of their foils.

3. Don't assume a camera store clerk understands what you are sending in. I have one in Tokyo (politely) insisting on E-6 processing my LomoChrome Metropolis because she saw the word Chrome. I kept pointing to the C-41 on the label to no avail. And they sold the film on another floor.

[anatolipolyakov]

Hey there Max, I had a question for you, is there a way I can talk to you over email?

[exposures]

Videos like this made K1000 cost like a TV set. Why not MX? It's a far better device for less money.