[Leica] M8 failure in rain

[Gene Duprey]

I've had mine rained on and I took on the Maid of the Mist at Niagra and
had zero problems.  I would try drying it out to see if it returns to life,
the same for the SD cards.

Gene


On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Richard -
>
> You might remember that I dropped two M8s in a river in Honduras (actually,
> I fell in the river while wearing the M8s)  We went under water but I dried
> the cameras out by the fire and they continued working for the whole trip.
> I sent them in to Leica for CLA and they are still working today.
>
> Tina
>
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > Hi Richard,
> > I've had my M8 out in rain a number of times as well as a couple of
> bloody
> > awful snow blizzards.
> > Never a problem.
> > Now you realize that I have confessed that! The next time out and even a
> > mild shower and a couple of rain drops fall on the camera??????? :-(
> > It will crap out! :-(  Other than the few times I've encountered weather
> > situations with my M8 it has never failed me  at anytime. Or later!
> > Sorry to hear of your rain misadventure, I hope others have an answer? My
> > bottom line bet is?  You'll probably have to send it into LEICA!
> > :-(cheers,
> >
> > Dr. ted Grant  C.M.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On
> Behalf
> > Of
> > Richard Endress
> > Sent: July-23-16 3:18 PM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: [Leica] M8 failure in rain
> >
> > 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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