Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I must second this opinion. I own a Nikonos IVa 35/2.5 and it is a real work horse. If it gets filthy I just rinse it under a tap. My front element got toasted one day and N**** replaced the entire optical unit for $125US!!! The only thing being do not change film under water! Sounds ridiculous, but one local chap bought a new Nikonos V and insisted that the manual said it was OK to change film underwater! He was really dissed that no one would even bother sending it out to see if he could get warranty. Tough camera. John Collier > From: "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com> > > Tina- > At the risk of sounding like the fellow who admonished us against using a > hammer as our only tool, I would suggest that you carry the Leicas in a > waterproof case, and while in the canoe, use something like a Nikonos! > Iknow, I already hear the groans of the purists out there! > I do know that several photographers on 'expedition' use it because it is > proffed against dust, dirt, sand, water, and slogging through the mud! I can > see your use of the Leica and its array of tools while in the relative safe > place like a house or on a dry trail, but really, I don't think any right > minded person would fault you for using a NIKON (there, I said it!) if the > job required it! > I'll forgive you, easily! You got lots of other things more important to > worry about! > Dan ( Say! isn't that a Gaboon Viper over there?) Post > > Oops, sorry- make that a fer du lance or emerald krait! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 2:42 PM > Subject: [Leica] Waterproof Leicas? > > >> Lugnuts: >> >> Since I will be spending a considerable amount of time in a canoe this >> summer, I have been searching for ways to take photos with waterproof >> cameras. My choices seem to be to buy a "cheap" waterproof >> point-and-shoot or to find an underwater camera housing to protect one of >> my Leica M's. I'd rather go the Leica route. My other Leicas will be >> traveling in a Pelican waterproof case. All of the camera housings that I >> have found are for Nikon, Canon, or point-and-shoot cameras. Is it the >> nature of this beast that the camera be auto-focus? Even the EWA type >> plastic bags do not include rangefinders in their list of supported >> cameras. How difficult would it be to focus through the waterproof >> bag? Any suggestions for photographing from a canoe with Leicas? >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> http://www.tinamanley.com >> >