[Leica] Wet camera failures

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

On Feb 20, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:

> A number of consumer groups have reported digital camera failures because 
> of
> high humidity. All camera manufacturers products fail including Leica. If
> you take your expensive equipment into wet conditions



and note that they speak of high humidity, not necessarily rain. In fact 
it's always seemed to me, that since the cameras are not airtight, high 
humidity was always a risk as it will permeate the innards of the camera, no 
matter what...



Steve


> , some form of
> protection is necessary. I suggest waterproof cases, camera wraps, or a 
> good
> insurance policy. Or simply leave that multi thousand dollar camera at home
> in foul weather and take a cheap camera that you can afford to lose. Here 
> is
> a web site that lists cameras subject to failure in wet conditions:
> www.imaging-resource.com/badccds.html
> Larry Z
> 
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