<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by phaedra
Nostromo has the right idea

As for the X-Ray scanners, the ones which can be a problem are the hold luggage scanners, these have had their output power increased at least twice since 9/11 making sensitive EEProm & flash memory more prone to damage, this is the memory which holds the operating software for your camera/laptop/gameboy etc. rather than removeable storage like SD, MMC, Memory Stick or CF cards.

Best place for anything like this is in your hand luggage, there's no way I would put our cameras & camcorder in our hold luggage, even if they're X-Ray safe the amount of posts about baggage theft is enough to put me off the idea!.
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Thanks for clarifying that point, I can't remember where I had heard or read of the problem so I didn't know how reliable the info was.