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Subject: [Leica] Urban Oasis
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 15:30:50 -0500 (CDT)

Mine gets used in all weather type, and gets wet and never even a minor 
failure.  Went through the Niagra Falls boat ride with not even a sneeze.

Gene

----- Original Message -----
From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 12:34:30 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [Leica] Urban Oasis

Thanks, Tina and Sonny for the advice. Re weather, I sometimes wonder about 
Leica's engineering talent. What spooked me about weather was Nathan's story 
of his M getting fried when sweat ran down his thumb, around the shutter 
release button, and down to the circuit board. Luckily, the M was still 
under warrantee.

What frosted me was: hadn't Leica engineers ever heard of O-rings? My 
recollection is (I worked on the Manhattan Project, Chicago Area from 1942 
to 1946) that prior to 1945, when we wanted to manipulate something within a 
vacuum chamber, we had to machine a thing called a "Wilson Seal". Then, 
around 1945, O-rings made their appearance and life got simpler.

(Pardon the biographical bit--symptom of doddering old age. One of these 
days, you'll probably see me rave about approximately thirty years of flying 
and horse-back riding.)

Herb 

Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

Question authority and the authorities will question you.




On Oct 2, 2012, at 5:57 AM, Tina Manley wrote:

> Also, most thieves intent on stealing a camera would go for a huge,
> expensive looking DSLR.  Nobody knows that Leica cost $7000.  It looks like
> an old, small film camera.  If you are worried about the weather, it is a
> lot more durable than you think!  I carry mine everywhere.  Just got back
> from feeding the chickens in the rain, with my MM hanging from my shoulder.
> 
> Tina
> 
> PS:  Love the Oasis!
> 
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm still trying to discipline myself to take the Leica whenever I leave
>>> home. Unfortunately, I'm inhibited when I think about the $7K it cost
>>> 
>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002484.jpg.html
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002480.jpg.html
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002474.jpg.html
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002473.jpg.html
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002467.jpg.html
>> 
>> I like the walk-around.
>> 
>> I don't know what to say to you about worrying about inhibitions with the
>> 7K camera, except to say that there are very few camera thieves these day
>> because pawn shops just don't buy cameras much anymore.
>> 
>> Since there are no real camera shops in most places; (You know, stores 
>> that
>> sell more than two emulsions of film and have a full Used Camera counter.)
>> the market for stolen photo goods barely exists.
>> 
>> What's left to fear is pilot error including clumsiness and forgetfulness.
>> Insurance can mitigate these.
>> 
>> The main thing is to just do it!  Carry the camera all the time so it
>> becomes a part of you.
>> 
>> You NEVER know when a picture will jump out in front of you!
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Sonny
>> http://sonc.com/look/
>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>> 
>> USA
>> 
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>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
> 
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