Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've used my M8 under water with a Ewa Marine Bag. It was, I'll admit, a little confronting. The LuG print exchange got a photo of some tuna taken with that combo. But with a bag you never get to hear that ominous chink-chink-CRACK! of a housing imploding, then watching it fill up as you try to hold the lens in whatever air remiains, hoping it will survive . . . ! Marty On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Wendy Thurman <thurmanphoto at gmail.com> wrote: > It is EWA who makes the plastic bag- they are still available. ?I've got an > Aquatica housing for the Nikon stuff. > > I'll continue to shoot the M6 here- film lends itself well to Afghanistan. > > Wendy > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at > earthlink.net>wrote: > >> Think of all the money you will save on film and Hewes reels...... >> >> I will be the first to ask.... did you get your Dust Removal Apparatus for >> a >> full sized sensor? >> >> Lastly... is the past, I think it was EWA that made an underwater ?housing >> for the "generic" camera.... a plastic bag like thing. ?You COULD put your >> brand new M9 in that bag and shoot underwater with a Leica! ? No dust >> underwarer.....! >> >> Frank Filippone, Dusty for short...... >> red735i at earthlink.net >> >> In the incendiary Zeiss lens thread, Sonny mentioned "Sooner or later you >> will buy an M9." ?B&H emailed me with a pre-order opportunity and I fell >> for >> it. ?The lens budget is blown. ?I'll be in Indonesia next month diving but >> will take the camera (if it arrives in time) for above-water shooting. >> >> So much for the zero-balance credit card. >> >> Wendy >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >