[Leica] M8 failure in snow

[Mark Rabiner]

I of course have huge respect for Tina after almost two decades but this M8 under water still working thing is going to be hers alone.

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Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

On 3/13/17, 7:28 PM, "LUG on behalf of Tina Manley" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

    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
    
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    > 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/>
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