Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/22

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Subject: [Leica] M8 dead by rain
From: juanbuhler at gmail.com (Juan Buhler)
Date: Mon Dec 22 12:13:48 2008
 
Hello,

I'm coming out of lurkerdom to ask: Has anyone had an M8 die because
of rain?  I shot in the rain yesterday for about one hour here in San
Francisco. It was cold, also. Later, I left the camera in my car, and
then took it inside. This morning, without checking anything else, I
tried turning the camera on. Nothing. Then I realized there's a bit of
condensation visible in the main viewfinder window.

I took the battery out, and now the M8 is sitting on top of my
computer here at work.

Any ideas as to what I can expect? Any chances it will revive when it
dries inside? Should I use a hair drier on it?

Thanks!

j

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Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com
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