Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/27

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Xray machines: 120 film
From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton)
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 16:08 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)

Eric Welch wrote:
> Magnetism will not ruin film. Period. It might erase your hard
drive,
> though. So, digital cameras on the belt, check the film ones. :-)

I appreciate it was a joke, but the electromagnetic fields from the
motors that drive the belt are likely to be a *lot* stronger than
those from the metal detector. One hears tales of magnetic media
damaged in this way, though I've never experienced it myself.

David Morton
dmorton@journalist.co.uk
David.Morton@openconsulting.co.uk
(+44) 171 917 6272