RE: Effect of Airport X-ray

[P3D Bob Wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

|As I understand it, the X-Rays are not harmful to
|the film. According to what I've been told, it's
|the electrical and magnetic fields from the X-Ray
|machines that do the damage. At any rate, having
|the film in clear containers, and having them
|hand checked, is the best thing to do.
|
|Mike Province
|San Diego

I'd be quite surprised if this were actually the case, unless the
EM field were stong enough to cause static discharge inside the 
film canister/camera...(which would probably zorch anything 
electronic that would go thru at the same time...)

--BW

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    01:21 PM Wednesday, February 26, 1997
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