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[OM] Re: E Camera compact flash cards at airport security

Subject: [OM] Re: E Camera compact flash cards at airport security
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:32:51 -0400
For more detail see
<www.compactflash.org/pr/041215.pdf >
and
<http://www.dpreview.com/news/0412/04121602digitalfilmxray.asp>

If Ken has any hard data for his comments on magnetic devices I'd like 
to see it.

Chuck Norcutt


Ken Norton wrote:
> Should be perfectly ok passing CF cards through the scanners.  Just keep
> them away from those magnetic devices for wiping out RFID tags.
> 
> The biggest hurdle now for film isn't airport scanners, but the bug-killers
> the postal-service uses.  Those things are brutal on film. Even so, if you
> are flying with film, put your film in a clear zip-lock and pass it through
> seperately on the conveyer belt if they don't allow a hand-check.
> Hopefully, the dweeb running the machine isn't machocistic.  (Hey, guys,
> look at this!  BZZZZZZZZZT!!!!!)
> 
> You know the film is done for when the plastic bag fills with smoke.
> 
> AG
> http://www.zone-10.com
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