I've been putting Compact Flash and Smart Media cards through all the various screening equipment for quite some time with no problem at all. Of course, should you be hauling a laptop as well, you can also load any digital pictures onto the laptop as an additional backup. These days, if you're doing recreational travel, getting film developed during the trip is also a very real option. That's not an option for serious amounts of stuff where you want high end processing, but stopping by the mall and having your snapshots done is a very real option for casual stuff. - David On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Russell Ng wrote: > Dear Walter > > I think your question is answered in the last line of the USA TODAY > article. It recommends, as an option to film cameras, digital cameras as > they are immune to x-rays. I've put my Canon digital through the machines > countless times without experiencing any problems. However, I don't use a > Compact Flash card but use an IBM Microdrive, which is a hard disk. > > This opinion about the stability of flash memory is shared by Vividlight at > http://www.vividlight.com/articles/1515.htm > > Russell Ng > > At 09:51 PM 6/29/02 -0400, you wrote: > >Good question. Awhile back it was discussed some circuits <memory cards> in > >digital equipment can be 'messed' up. > >Not much heard recently. >