Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you dive in salt water frequently, then it should be completely gone over and every internal o-ring changed once a year. This is on top of the rigorous daily rinsing and regular changing of the user accessible o-rings. Nikon USA does the work but there are also many other repair places that can do the work and have more experience with underwater gear as it is their daily bread and butter. Here is one site: http://www.southern-nikonos.com/ A quick google search will turn many more. These underwater specialty places can pressure test your equipment unlike Nikon which can only vacuum test it. If you are a snorkeler like me (10 m max), vacuum testing is just fine but if you go deep, then send it to a place that pressure tests their finished repairs. If you only use the camera in fresh water or only dive in salt water once a year, then you may be able to get away with having the major overhaul every second year. You still have to do the daily rinsing, etc. Naturally there are NO guarantees with underwater equipment as s*** happens. Check, double check and check again. It only takes a single hair to cause a flood. My local store had a Nikonos V returned for warranty* because after the chap changed the film while underwater, it would not work anymore... John Collier * No, he did not get another camera. On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 12:01 PM, Fred Sears wrote: > What would I do about the annual maintenance and - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html