Airport X-Ray damage

[rosie777]

Has anyone ever been able to correct photos from film that was damaged in the scanner at the airport? My dad took my niece on a trip to baseball spring training. On the way back, he forgot to take the film out of his checked baggage. :( When he developed it, he said it was black and white (color film) and very grainy. I haven't gotten any samples from him yet, just wondering if anyone's had to deal with this before?? The film was 110 and he thinks it was 400 ISO.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

Rosie

[Doom1701e]

I have worked in a drug store mini lab for about 5 years and I haven't really found any way to fix film that has been damaged from airport scanners. Typically the damage would look like a white wavy line through the photos. I suppose with a lot of Photoshop work you might be able to remove the distortion, but there isn't much a regular drug store photolab can do. The higher the ISO, the more damage that will occur to the film. Sorry to hear about the situation, I hope there is something out there you can do that I haven't heard of yet to fix the pics. Good luck.

[rosie777]

Thanks, D. My Dad has since sent me one of the photos and it is pretty much unrecognizable. I think he's going to have to rely on his memories of the trip (which, he says, are all he needs - they had a great time) :)

Rosie