Are the images on memory cards damaged by airport Xray equipment ?

A friend of mine is goin OS in a couple of weeks, and I want to be able to let her know if this is the case.





Thank you.

Are the images on memory cards damaged by airport Xray equipment ?
Nope, not at all. Xray machines do damage film, but memory cards are completely unaffected.
Reply:NO. The level of radiation is to low. Film is on the other hand more sensitive and can be ruined. It is different like the information on a computer chip in your cell phone. It is unaffected by x rays unless extremely high enough to ionize the chip. Which if it were we would run out of airline passengers.:0)
Reply:avoid magnets...........i dont mean rich old oil barons





only magnets damage cards or extreme heat, i have know cameras to be dropped in salt water and the images survived,





ps: i take film all over the world, I use a film shield and have never had any problems





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Reply:No but if you bring your camera gear on a airplane I would go early and ask them to go through the bag by hand. Some airports will do this if you arrive early enough. Also if you have a laptop in your bag they take it out anyways and open it up.
Reply:I volunteer at a high school for at risk students and prisoners at the Justice Center. I take my camera there all the time and have never had any equipment damaged by the Xray machines.
Reply:Yes they are!





The powerful rays will melt the cards into gooey little plastic blobs and all your images will be lost.





Run away!
Reply:No, not at all ...
Reply:didnt do any damage to mine when i went to cuba in Feb...

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