Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/08
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At 6:01 PM -0800 11/8/01, Greg Locke wrote:
>At 05:20 PM 11/8/2001, you wrote:
>>Hmmm - not quite true Jo - my M6 has frozen solid several times before i
>>have - i.e. you need a pipe wrench to focus the lens and an exposure at
>>1/125 sec takes around 2 seconds!
>>
>>I note he brochure says tested to -20c. The above is from around -35c
>>to -40c/f
>>
>>BTW my N***n F4 has carried on as long as I can last in those conditions
>>(last year, shooting some of the breeding stock of Eskimo Dogs out for a
>>run....
>>
>>tim
>
>I'm afraid I have to concur with my even more northern colleague.
>
>More then once my M6's have seized solid in a "brisk" North
>Atlantic breeze in January.
>Those pictures in the brochures of the Leica at the north pole must
>have been taken with a Nikon :^)
>
>Sadly, this seems to be the weakness of the M6.
I haven't had my M6's in _really_ cold weather, but I've had some g
series and M4's in weather below -40 working OK. I've had a Rollei 35
lock up, and a Nikon FM, but Konica Autoreflex's have always been
good in the coldest weather. But then, they sound like icebreakers
all the time.
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