Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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