Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I play golf two months a year in temperatures over 40C as well. It seems a rather low threshold for a camera, I would think, as more than half the world gets hotter than that regularly... Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > Wimps! I have cycled in temperature above 40C. > > Cheers, > Macho Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 31, 2014, at 11:59 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > > > Marty* I* stop working in direct sun on 45C+ days too! > > Mad dogs and Englishmen...... > > > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > On 31 March 2014 18:44, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> My M8 and MM have both stopped working in direct sun on 45C+ days, where > >> the cameras both got hot enough that they were difficult to hold. There > >> doesn't seem to be any long terrm problem with this. > >> > >> Leica says the camera works up to 40C. That means about 10-15 days a > year > >> I can expect problems. It's just another thing to think about. > >> > >> Working with film in this had worse risks and was harder, of course. > >> > >> Marty > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >