Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I fell in a river in Honduras with two M8's on my shoulders. They both went under water with me. I dried them out by a fire and used them for the rest of the trip. When I got back home, I sent them to Leica for CLA. They are both still working fine. Tina Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 13, 2017, at 7:06 PM, Richard Endress <rendress at mac.com> wrote: > > Hello all, > > Once again my beloved M8 has failed in damp conditions. Shutter quit when > I got caught in a rainstorm. Same thing today when I was out in a heavy > snowstorm today. Shutter quit after about 15 minutes and I was shielding > the camera in my jacket but once the top deck got wet. Anyone else have > this happen. I am sure many of you have been shooting in similar > conditions. Any suggestions for a cure. I know the camera will dry out by > tomorrow. But the event will be over. I am disappointed with what I > thought was my bullet proof camera. I guess I am back to film in my M6. > > Richard Endress > rendress at me.com <mailto:rendress at me.com> > > http://questingbeast.zenfolio.com <http://questingbeast.zenfolio.com/> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information