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Does airplane travel “kill” digital camera sensors?

by Ned Levi on August 22, 2011

In a presentation at the Cine Gear Expo in Los Angeles, Rob Hummel, president of Legend3D, stated that gamma rays destroy digital camera sensor pixels when travelers take them on plane flights more than 20,000 feet in the air. Ned Levi examines Mr. Hummel’s claims to see if flying will actually kill digital camera sensors.

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Is my camera’s lens ruining my travel photos?

by Ned Levi on November 23, 2009

Ned Levi discusses the problems of using the digital zoom in today’s point and shoot digital camera’s. He explains how using a digital zoom can result in your travel photos being both noisy and blurry. Ned suggests you generally turn off digital zoom.

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