Colin's camera?

[Berit Jakobsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 90277

Iggy wrote:
>From this, we can assume that simple things, like the flash on Colin's
camera or a basic pen-light (if anyone ever thinks to bring one and 
try to use it) would actually work.  
For one thing, if there's a spell over Hogwarts that suppresses ALL
electrical reaction or conductivity, then people would drop dead at 
the gates, any spells involving electricity wouldn't work and 
couldn't be taught, and you'd never see a single thunderstorm in the 
sky over the school.

Berit replies:

Very well put Iggy! There's a difference between working devices such 
as microphones ("bugging devices"), walkmen, PC's etc. which are 
finely tuned, delicately wrought electronics as opposed to a simple 
flashlight on an otherwise manually worked camera. I don't think a 
Muggle radio would work though; not because the batteries themselves 
wouldn't work, but because the magic, in much the same way as a 
magnetic field, would interfere with and distort the radio waves. But 
that's just my guess :-)

Berit
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