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[mckinleypics]

The instance he brings up involved one flight to australia and all of the cameras had visible lines as a result. If this were true, there would be a serious uproar.

[UK_Tomcat_Fan]

Over 5 years I have flown over 50,000 miles with my camera (5000x2 (two flights per year) X 5 (5 years) for visits to my fiancee in the states) then I have flown little trips around Europe and I have not noticed any deteriation of the sensor or lenses.

Next they will be saying that atmospheric pressure will cause lens issues!

[RbnDave]

I am an airline pilot and I've taken my 5D classic on every trip I've flown for the past four years. That's 4 trips through an xray machine a week for four years straight. Guess what -- my camera works fine -- no dead pixels.

Well, I did wear out the shutter and have to send it in for replacement, but that's a whole different issue.

[rick_reno]

TSA is more pokey to damage your camera than gamma rays. I had one of them wanting to take a 70-200 2.8 lens off my camera because she said - and this is a quote - "it's really dark inside". Once those pinheads have your stuff, you're not allowed to touch it. She had It out of my bag and was trying to figure out how to get the lens off (paint a picture in your mind of a monkey trying to open a pickle jar). I requested a supervisor.

[tkbslc]

Originally Posted by rick_reno

The only thing I've found flying damages is my desire to fly. Poor service on board combined with those semi-functional morons in TSA really take away my desire to fly.

Me too, and yet somehow my wife still LOVES to fly. I'd rather be packed in a box and shipped via UPS (Which is about what flying feels like anyway).



BTW, your camera already shipped with many dead pixels anyway, so the loss of a few more percent would likely not get noticed.

[sigma pi]

Originally Posted by magwai

Given that digital camera sensors were pretty designed to work in space i am sceptical.

Ok Hubble probably has some shielding not found in a rebel but still ...

Nikons were

http://nikonrumors.com/2009/12/21/th...ikon-d3s.aspx/

[j-dogg]

Originally Posted by rick_reno

The only thing I've found flying damages is my desire to fly. Poor service on board combined with those semi-functional morons in TSA really take away my desire to fly.

I'm not flying anymore unless it's free, and with my car it's almost the same price in fuel to get there.

[rick_reno]

Originally Posted by j-dogg

I'm not flying anymore unless it's free, and with my car it's almost the same price in fuel to get there.

I'd do that too, except I can't drive to Hawaii where I spend a few months a year. If I could, they'd never see me on a plane.

[ashiundar]

Originally Posted by RbnDave

I am an airline pilot and I've taken my 5D classic on every trip I've flown for the past four years. That's 4 trips through an xray machine a week for four years straight. Guess what -- my camera works fine -- no dead pixels.

Well, I did wear out the shutter and have to send it in for replacement, but that's a whole different issue.

I was about to say that I recently took my camera all the way around the world (round trip to Chennai and back ~ 17000 miles total). Have yet to see any problems in any of the 28GB worth of pictures I shot. But you definitely beat me

Mind you, it could be because I don't own a 1920p monitor...but then again, who does? :P
Also, if my photos were so good that someone wanted to view them on a 1920p monitor, then I'm betting they'd also want to pay me to see the pictures...which means I'll just go buy a new camera every time I fly to a new destination!!

[ashiundar]

Also, I recently read somewhere that NASA bought like 18 1D MkIV's for use on the ISS or something? Pretty sure those things don't come caked in lead right?

[mckinleypics]

Something struck me as odd - he said at over 20,000 feet, it would take 120 inches of concrete to shield the gamma rays. So... not true on the ground? 20,000 feet of atmosphere has the same shielding as 10 feet of concrete? That makes no sense.

[esmoglo]

Is there any real world data from Canon on this?

[Nathan]

You guys should be careful about your comments about this video. Obviously, he's saying that digital cameras can be sensitive. Don't get them angry. You won't like them when they're angry.

[Justaddwata]

A quick Google search shows the only place Gamma Rays damaging sensors being mentioned is in this video. Surely if an issue there would be more evidence than one guy giving a lecture (but I guess theres no one else trying to promote a lecture with such hype).

I have flown to and from Australia plenty of times with no evidence that I have damaged anything (camera wise). I have heard of negative health effects of flying at high altitude with regard to radiation exposure but again - theres plenty of pilots with more than 40 years on the job so cannot be that big a concern.

My BS alarm was ringing quite loud hearing this lecture and the damages that occurred in one flight. There are countless numbers of cameras flying the globe without symptom.

[stink tooth]

UMMMMM

I work with High intensity Gamma ray sources (like dose enough to kill in less than an hour in some cases if proper saftey regulations are not followed) every day in field conditions. My work cam (oly ep-1) has been a constant companion as my job takes me to some very interesting photo worthy places at times. Have even "shot" my Oly before to have a radio-graph of its insides (neat btw). If that didnt kill any pixels on the sensor a 1000 flights wont hurt it.

The Record for gamma exposure on monitored airplane was .97 MR/HR on a Concorde flight in 1997 (most flights are well below this dose rate). For comparison I hit my little oly with 2 R (there are a 1000 MR in 1 R) in about 32 seconds. Plus its been exposed to more gamma in my average month than most all of your gear will ever be exposed to in its life time of flying.

here is my source for exposure dose rates on planes
http://www.hps.org/publicinformation...alflights.html

edit : Wow sorry for the bump from oblivion, I didnt see the date on this thread