# Planes x-rays & digital cameras

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-x-rays-digital-cameras/139241>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 27, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-x-rays-digital-cameras/139241 "2002-11-27T23:26:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-x-rays-digital-cameras/139241/1 "2002-11-27T23:26:31Z")

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I’m flying tomorrow and want to bring my digital still camera. I’ll assume that manufacturers are far ahead of me on this one, but a x-ray won’t damage it will it?

Just wanted to be sure.

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**Author:** ![AndrewL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AndrewL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewL)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-x-rays-digital-cameras/139241/2 "2002-11-27T23:36:59Z")

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Nope. There’s no film to get exposed.

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planes-x-rays-digital-cameras/139241/3 "2002-11-27T23:40:21Z")

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Great, thanks.