Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]He was traveling with 50+ lbs of film, with an assistant carrying them of course :-) On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>wrote: > Certainly a good reason.... but X-Rays is not the full story.... > > SDHC cards can have 32GB capacities. That is roughly 2,000 M9 images. 600 > rolls of film. At one ounce per roll, that is 600 ounces or 40 pounds. > > That would not even clear the weight issues with airline travel these > days.... > > Maybe it was the camera industry that pushed for weight reductions on > airlines..... > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at earthlink.net > > > I've read that he switched to digital because carrying large amounts of > film > on airline flights without it getting ruined by X-Rays had basically become > impossible. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>