Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Plus keep teh battery out and have it recharged before testing it again --- chs2018@med.cornell.edu wrote: From: "Chris Saganich" <chs2018@med.cornell.edu> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 dead by rain Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:51:10 -0500 Let it sit in dry place (RH wise) for at least 4 days. Don't place near heat. At 03:13 PM 12/22/2008, you wrote: >Hello, > >I'm coming out of lurkerdom to ask: Has anyone had an M8 die because >of rain? I shot in the rain yesterday for about one hour here in San >Francisco. It was cold, also. Later, I left the camera in my car, and >then took it inside. This morning, without checking anything else, I >tried turning the camera on. Nothing. Then I realized there's a bit of >condensation visible in the main viewfinder window. > >I took the battery out, and now the M8 is sitting on top of my >computer here at work. > >Any ideas as to what I can expect? Any chances it will revive when it >dries inside? Should I use a hair drier on it? > >Thanks! > >j > >-- >Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich MS, CPH Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018@med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049 "I am the radiation" _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information