Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 8/18/99 7:04:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, schiemer@magicnet.net writes: <snip> << Continues with, "But, I gotta tell you this, the thing that really zaps film is those metal detectors. They can RUIN film. There's so much magnetism in those things it's just terrible for any kind of films." >> I sent film VIA Airborne Express for the first time recently (always used UPS before) and called them to verify whether they X-ray or not. The woman assured me they "have absolultely no magnetic scanning machines" so I had nothing to worry about. When I politely explained that magnetism would be detrimental only to magnetic media like computer disks, etc. but I was concerned with x-rays, I could practically hear the little birdies twittering on the other end of the line.