Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/31

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Subject: [Leica] Inconsistent lens detection on M 8
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 11:05:01 +0530
References: <E03F86B4-D39C-4595-BD2A-F7C06198D63B@mac.com> <CAE3QcF6NppGM3bkA_bAKwhxy4WvA+9+8h2VXq_cT18Ku0g6Brg@mail.gmail.com> <5338984E.5080902@cox.net> <CABmfTOWKh-cFVyHNyvY8m4UHpW8Ums=Zv3Cbwo_g8uTs8NjfLw@mail.gmail.com> <CAE3QcF53pn5aY11HzmS=4EWK1c3YAA8SdU7NGqV3wBgE7NUMVg@mail.gmail.com> <52DF1F82-973C-454E-8C97-5467FAD73AEA@frozenlight.eu>

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.
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> Cheers,
> Macho Nathan
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> 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/
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> YNWA
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> On Mar 31, 2014, at 11:59 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
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> > Marty* I* stop working in direct sun on 45C+ days too!
> > Mad dogs and Englishmen......
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > Geoff
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
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> > 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
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In reply to: Message from rendress at mac.com (Richard Endress) ([Leica] Inconsistent lens detection on M 8)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Inconsistent lens detection on M 8)
Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] Inconsistent lens detection on M 8)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] Inconsistent lens detection on M 8)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Inconsistent lens detection on M 8)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Inconsistent lens detection on M 8)