Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I guess the good news is that a chuckleheaded posting like mine on the walkthrough scanner helps surface the truth about these pesky shibboleths. Hopefully we've got this one dead, skinned, and nailed to the barn door. I did not know the part about Bigfoot though :). Kevin Hoffberg - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Eric Welch Sent: Monday, October 26, 1998 4:50 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Xray machines: 120 film At 05:08 PM 10/26/98 -0800, you wrote: >Careful. People I've talked with who profess to know have told me that the >walkthrough metal detector is far more lethal to film than the bag scanner >that sits right next to it. Can anyone confirm this? And Bigfoot runs the thing. :-) Magnetism will not ruin film. Period. It might erase your hard drive, though. So, digital cameras on the belt, check the film ones. :-) - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.