Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/16

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Subject: [Leica] M9
From: spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng)
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:14:57 -0400
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Tina,

The fact that moisture got inside the m-9 body, if only it is a bit of  
fogging, is not a good thing. Electronics and moisture just don't get  
along. You got lucky with your M-8. I wouldn't count on it with this  
M-9.

Regards,
Spencer

On Oct 16, 2009, at 21:37, Tina Manley wrote:

> I used the M9 all day in the pouring rain.  It got drenched and the  
> viewfinder fogged up.  I was worried for awhile because my M8s  
> didn't fog up under the same circumstances.  I dried the M9 out in  
> front of the car heater and the viewfinder cleared up after about 20  
> minutes.  Since I couldn't see through it, I used hyperfocal  
> focusing until the viewfinder cleared.  The photos look fine except  
> for the raindrops on the lens!!
Replies: Reply from steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] M9)
 In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] M9)
Message from gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com (Greg Lorenzo) ([Leica] M9)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] M9)