Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob: Fog and rain should be fine as long as you wipe off the camera before it accumulates. If it condenses inside the range finder window, it can sometime leave it a bit fogged. If it was the external part of the the window the fog would just wipe off with a cloth. To get it off the interior of the window require a repairman to take the top cover of the camera off. If you are going to use it on a boat, try to keep the salt water off the camera. A famous photographer named Sharon Greene, that shoots sailing, has a technique for keeping the camera dry. She has a large Iglo cooler that the camera stays in. When she gets to the spot she wants to shoot from she has her driver come to a stop and then she takes the camera out of the cooler. Before he puts the boat in gear she puts the camera back into the cooler. I have shot sailing events with an R8 and 400 2.8 using this technique. A big cooler will fit this setup along with an attached but folded up monopod. My first attempt at this is at the link below. http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/RNSYS/Wandrain-1.jpg http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/Sailing.htm If you take a camera on a boat that is moving, expect it to get wet. Buy a Nikonos or a disposable if you want a camera for happy snaps while out on the boat. One good salt water wave will ruin an electronic camera. For mechanical cameras such as a Leica, it still means an expensive repair bill. Regards, Robert At 07:57 PM 18/01/02 -0500, Bobgoldstein@aol.com wrote: >I'd like to acquire a high quality 35mm camera for use in a foggy, rainy, >sea-spray environment. I would therefore love to use a 35mm rangefinder >Leica probably with a 50mm lens. Does the famous Leica build quality >extend to protection that could be called weatherproof? > >Bob Goldstein 408/253-4489 > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html