Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/21

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Subject: [Leica] Water resistant Leica
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:39:54 +1000
References: <6a7544a60912211750x5b6f6227he8e8a4fd1b277ab5@mail.gmail.com> <200912220201.CCM56968@rg4.comporium.net>

Larry it is a huge stretch to declare that Nathan's camera's problem was
caused by a drop of sweat. Unless you are a product liability lawyer or
something.
I read your list of 'shortcomings'. Nope no occurrences here. I just checked
and my M8 and M9 haven't spontaneously combusted either. Whew!.

2009/12/22 Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>

> 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
>
>
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-- 
Cheers
Geoff
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