i can imagine heat could, but then again, there are lots of possibilities of why this statement was given, including it's horse puckey.
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pdml" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 2:09 PM Subject: Damaging a CCD? > Page 50 of the October issue of Pop Photo has the following statement > (in reviewing the Fuji Finepix S3): > > "...a black-and-white image is output through the S3 Pro's video > connector. (This signal lasts for 30 seconds to prevent CCD damage.)" > > Do long exposures damage a CCD? Any of you heard anything about this? >

