Bringing a digital camera on a plane kills pixels? Read more on PhotoRumors.com: htt

Um, I don't like to hear this.

http://photorumors.com …-on-a-plane-kills-pixels/

Beyond the headline, this is actually an interesting discussion on digital sensors.

AeroSmith wrote in post #12718878
Um, I don't like to hear this.

i'd recommend just getting over it. for all intents and purposes, this is just another psychological fear than a real concern in my opinion.

you purchase and transport your equipment to be used. if you wanted to prevent damage to a camera, you wouldn't use it as it's normal functions deteriorate it's condition over time. honestly, are you going to take less flights, stop bringing your camera with you on trips, or opt to ship your equipment to destinations weeks in advance?

there's no practical solution for this, and hundreds of thousands of cameras are no worse for wear from radiation after flights to vacations in hawaii and europe. stop worrying so much.

LOL. No worries, just because I don't like to hear it doesn't mean I'm going to stop traveling with my cameras.

Probably more interesting from the clip is the discussion of CA in digital sensors.

could you edit the link so it actaully goes to the article...


right now, 97% of your post is a hyperlink...

pyrojim wrote in post #12719069
could you edit the link so it actaully goes to the article...


right now, 97% of your post is a hyperlink...

Sorry about that.

This link may be the best 14 minutes I've spent in front of my computer in a very long time.

Worth watching folks!

My camera has flown at least 100,000 miles in the last year and no issues so far...

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.

rick_reno wrote in post #12733390
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.

Thats soo true.

thedge wrote in post #12730777
My camera has flown at least 100,000 miles in the last year and no issues so far...

+1

My camera has NEVER missed a flight and I've averaged well over 100K miles/yr for the last 3 years. Never had an issue either, maybe replace "kills pixels" with "can possibly kill pixels"...

Complete bunk. If this was true, then having them on the ground would also occasionally get dead pixels from gamma rays. It's not like there is no radiation on the ground, just less. If a random gamma ray hitting pixel caused problems often enough to be noticed, we'd have issues with this from cameras on the ground, too...but we don't. I wouldn't worry about this at all. You'd probably have to stay airborne with your camera for years for it to have any effect. :P

There has been no real deterioration of pixel(s) since I have taken mine on board an airplane twice in March

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 ...

and another thing, gamma rays are tiny. i would think alpha particles are more likely to damage electronics than gamma rays. it is certainly alpha particles that cam damage memory chips.