[Leica] M8 failure in rain

[rendress at mac.com (Richard Endress)]

Hello All,

I wanted to ask the group how often do you have problems with your digital M 
cameras in the rain.  I visited the Draken Harald Harfagre, the largest 
viking ship afloat, a couple days ago. Got onboard for a quick tour just in 
time to get rained on. I lost about half of my photos due to water getting 
into the camera. The shutter and metering continued to function correctly 
but the images did not get recorded on the chip. Or not correctly recorded, 
just got stripes and blocks of tone. I assume raindrops got into the 
circuitry through the back and through the top. My problem is that it did 
not get that wet, we are talking a few drops. Has anyone had the same 
problem and what can I do to prevent it happening again? Or should I have 
just taken my M6 instead?

Richard Endress
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