Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 10/24/04 6:05 PM, "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net> typed: > At 05:40 PM 10/24/2004, you wrote: > >> It was an M that Tina dipped and dunked, as I recall. >> >> - Phong > > Yes. After hurricane Mitch in Honduras, I was wading knee deep through mud > on my way to an isolated village. My M6 slid off of my shoulder into the > mud. I fished it back out, washed it later in clean water and dried it by > the fire. It was fine and I continued to use it. Another time, I dropped > an M6 off the side of a canoe in the Patuca River in Honduras. The boatman > snagged the strap with his stick and dumped the camera back in the bottom > of the canoe in muddy water. It, too, dried out by the fire and was > fine. These cameras were sent to Leica for CLA afterward and they found no > damage. (I may want to sell them on the LUG someday ;-)) > > Tina > > > Tina Manley, ASMP How much extra for a Leica body which has been dipped and dunked? :) In special Honduran waters with many minerals! (THAT'S NOT DIRT THAT'S "EARTH"!!!) Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/