Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/26

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Non-waterproof Leica
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)
Date: Sat Aug 26 12:30:22 2006
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On Aug 26, 2006, at 12:21 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:

 > ... I still wouldn't take mine on a canoe trip unless it was packed 
in a waterproof bag and I
 > used it only on dry land. There are other cameras which will do the 
job on the water. A used
 > Nikonos with an excellent Nikkor  35 mm F2.8 lens costs only about as 
much as a Leica
 >  CLA. Why take the risk?

Because there's no 400mm lens to fit the Nikonos.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Non-waterproof Leica)