Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I took about 40 flights last year, all with either the Fuji X-Pro 1 or the Leica M8. In previous years, the pace of travel was somewhat less, but certainly 10-20 flights year year. I have NEVER noticed any ill effects. My M8 is now more than 5 years old, so it has been in the air at least 100 times. Forget it and enjoy your trip. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Jan 11, 2014, at 2:47 AM, Leland Deane wrote: > I heard a disturbing blurb on a tech podcast today about the ability of > cosmic/gamma rays------from airplane travel-----to effect sensors so that > some pixels over time get either 'full on' or 'full off'. It has not > received much attention because the loss of a 'few hundred' pixels doesn't > effect the image output because the software just uses info from the > adjacent pixel. The camera companies are concerned enough, however, to > transport large batches of sensors by ship only. Ordinarily, I wouldn't > care too much but I grow increasing protective of my M9 and monochrome and > am planning to take both abroad next month. I'm thinking about using old > fashioned lead film protector bags which are still available. A web search > has not been that helpful for info so I'm hoping the LUG collective wisdom > knows something. > Cheers, > Leland > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >