Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/04

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Subject: [Leica] RE: Leica MDigital: specs and extreme circumstances.
From: alex at vanhulsenbeek.com (Sander van Hulsenbeek)
Date: Sun Sep 4 01:05:04 2005
References: <200509040201.j841xE2l054536@server1.waverley.reid.org>
 
Another 2c's thought:

My Canon 20D's specifications say: operates in 0-40 degrees Centigrade and 
max. 85 percent humidity.

So in the jungle in Borneo, a month ago, it held up to those specifitations 
and quit working. Lenses fogged and no more pictures were recorded. When it 
back to life: an ugly vertical stripe pattern on all pics. So: useless for 
the rest of the trip.

Would a "pro" body be better? No, not after a change of lenses.  *&^#%: 
where was my Leica? Lost in the tsunami it was, as some of you may remember. 
(Had to buy a 350D to be able to continue)

I have never seen my Leica M pack in under such circumstancess. But a 
digitalM? That would basically have the same specs and same vulnerabilities.

Who wants to travel with a 5000 US intrinsally lame duck?