Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/20

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Subject: [Leica] M8 question
From: michael at rosenblumtv.com (michael at rosenblumtv.com)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:15:46 +0000
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Question: as the M8 is now trashed - buy another M8, 8.2 or wait for the 9?
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-----Original Message-----
From: FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie at btinternet.com>

Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:16:04 
To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 question


It is certainly not a showerproof camera and if water got into the 
electronics with the battery in place it could easily do serious damage. 
Whether there was damage is more dependant on how wet the camera got than 
how many shots you took.
If I use any camera on a rainy day I make sure it stays dry, even those with 
"weather sealing".
Frank



----- Original Message ----
From: Michael Rosenblum <Michael at rosenblumtv.com>
To: lug at leica-users.org
Sent: Thursday, 20 August, 2009 9:20:43 AM
Subject: [Leica] M8 question

I used my 2-year old M8 to shoot 4 exposures on a rainy day in England.
Shortly there after, the camera simply died.
I sent it to Solms and they tell me it is trashed. They offer to sell me a 
new M8.2 at just under the BHphoto price.
Has this happened to anyone else?
Can you not use the M8 on a rainy day?


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Replies: Reply from frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE) ([Leica] M8 question)
In reply to: Message from Michael at rosenblumtv.com (Michael Rosenblum) ([Leica] M8 question)
Message from frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE) ([Leica] M8 question)