Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:08 PM 11/15/98 -0300, you wrote: >Are there any other pro's or users out there who work in a marine >environment and just how "delicate" is the M6 to splash or rain? > >thanks, >Greg Locke <locke@straylight.ca> >St. John's, Newfoundland. ><http://www.straylight.ca/locke/> Greg - I wouldn't advise regularly dunking them, but my M6's have survived getting completely soaked several times. The worst time was in a rainstorm in a canoe in the Mosquito Coast. Everything was soaked. I had my passport in one of those double sealable waterproof plastic cases. It was waterproof all right! The water couldn't get out and my passport mildewed. The Leicas I opened and let dry out overnight. They still work fine. Salt water would be different. If you get them in salt water, I've heard you should immerse them in a bucket of fresh water to wash out all of the salt. Everytime Ernst checks my M's, he says the shutter is perfect so I don't think you have to worry about splash and rain. :-) Leically, Tina Tina Manley, ASMP <http://members.tripod.com/~Tina_Manley/>