Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What would it do to the shutter curtain? - ----- Original Message ----- From: "brad daly" <bwdaly@bigfatpipe.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 2:23 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] water resistance? > > On Sunday, September 1, 2002, at 11:23 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > Well, since there are no sensitive electronics that get ruined by a > > drop of rain, I'd say the M6 is more weather resistant. I wouldn't > > advise that anybody try what I have done, but I've washed the M's out > > in clean water after a dunking in rivers and mud, air-dried them (or > > put them close to the fire ;-) ), and continued to use them. I do send > > them in for cleaning after I get back from a trip like that. I don't > > think there are many top-of-the-line SLR pro bodies that I could wash, > > dry and continue to use. > > i seem to remember someone saying that back in the olden days you could > immerse a waterlogged body in denatured alcohol to get out all the > water, then let that dry out. i'm not sure if this would damage any of > the electronics on the M6 or M6TTL. > > -- > brad daly > bwdaly@bigfatpipe.net > http://www.bigfatpipe.net/~bwdaly > http://www.bigfatpipe.net/~bwdaly/paw.html > > "There's no way drugs can affect music in a negative way." > --Brian Wilson > > "I pledge allegiance to Queen Frag and her mighty state of hysteria." > --Calvin and Hobbes > > "War, what is it good for? It's good for business." > --Billy Bragg > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html