Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll bet at least some of your 'water' is salt water, and salt spray is very corrosive. (Stainless steel isn't...) But what would preclude one from wrapping an M (or any other camera) in some kind of plastic bag or box to protect it? -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bryanwi=bryanwi.com at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bryanwi=bryanwi.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina Manley Sent: Monday, 21 December, 2009 06:01 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Water resistant Leica At 08:50 PM 12/21/2009, you wrote: >I don't class Nathan as a high risk >combat photographer but if his Leica dies because of a drop of sweat imagine >the perils of using a similar camera in Indonesia, Somalia, Iran or >Columbia. > >Let's see now - magenta cast, banding, cracked IR filters, bad battery >chargers, corner fall off, high ISO noise, no environmental sealing - have I >forgotten anything? I love my film M3s (except in a marine environment) but >I think the digital Ms need a lot of work. > >Larry Z My M8's have been under water with me in Honduras, dropped on marble floors in India, throughly rained on in Peru, and fallen on in the John Muir Wilderness. My M9 has only been to New York, Massachusetts, and South Carolina so far, but it has been drenched in the rain several times. It has no magenta cast, banding, cracked IR filter, bad battery, corner fall off. I don't need high ISOs because I have fast Leica lenses. My M9 is the camera I've been waiting for since I switched to digital. I guess I'm just very lucky. Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information