Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well Mark, the Canon 1DII I used to have and the Olympus E3 that I still have are both quite nicely weather-sealed. I have walked in the rain with both with not a problem. Whether the sealing makes repair more expensive I have no idea since neither camera ever needed repair. And I had a Pentax LX a long time ago, sold it in Brussels in the 1990s partly to finance my first Leica M6. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Dec 21, 2009, at 10:37 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > I do remember when the Pentax came out with its new L camera system in the > 80's, gorgeous! and it was notable because it was sealed. > It was a failed pro level system. Only one person ever bought one and I > knew > him. > You'd assume you spent enough money on a high end Canon or Nikon F that it > would be sealed. > Arf! > Not the case. > Turned out having a camera sealed was a big new thing no one ever thought > of > before. > A Hasselblad is the most unsealed breathable camera you could have bought > for thousands. > Nobody ever complained that when you poured water on it some of it get in > the camera. > > Because of the "sealed" feature of the Pentax in order to get the most > minor > thing done to the camera it cost big bucks and took a lot of time. > You had to get the camera open first which in a sealed camera is not all > that easy. Nor closing it up again in the end. > Very popular. > Turned out when people ran through waterfalls with their cameras they were > more in the mood to have themselves a wet camera then a camera in which it > cost 333 dollars to check a connection. > The article stated there were plus factors in letting a camera in its > design: breathe. That's stuck with me through the decades. > My cameras have all breathed I think. None of them have turned blue. > They've all gotten a little damp from time to time as sometimes there is > this thing called "rain". And its great for the streets making them shiny > like mirrors. And makes the carrots grow. > I suggest to the people on the lug that we stop obsessing on it. > Things get wet. > They dry off. > Its the miracle of evaporation. > > Same with snow. > Leave it alone long enough; it all disappears. > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >