Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/24

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Subject: [Leica] Waterproof M8's
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu Jul 24 08:32:32 2008
References: <20080721222714.BYM51654@ms1.comporium.net>

On Jul 21, 2008, at 7:27 PM, Tina wrote:
> Well, I'm certainly testing it out!  Today we had an even stronger  
> deluge and by the time we came off the mountain, the stream that we  
> had to cross was 40 feet wide and waist deep.  The current was so  
> strong that even with three guys holding on to me, I went underwater  
> along with my M8's.  They were submerged for several minutes until I  
> could get my footing.  One team did not make it off the mountain and  
> is spending the night in the village because a bridge was washed  
> away.  If I had had a choice, I would have stayed, too, instead of  
> walking out through knee-deep mud as lightning crashed all around us.
>
> My M8's seem to be fine.  I'm not sure about me, though!!


home very soon in good shape,  I hope Tina...

good luck !

for Leica M8's and lenses you are doing the ultimate test...short of  
running them through the dish washer,


Steve

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