[Leica] Waterproofing - was M8 failure in snow

[Douglas Barry]

Wow, Gene, 50 lbs is impressive!! Keep up the good work. I've just cut 
my lawn and feel like I used to do just after a marathon all those years 
ago. I've really let myself go.

Douglas

On 17/03/2017 21:45, Gene Duprey wrote:
> Douglas,
>
> Wow, glad to hear your knees are feeling better after the injections.  My
> wife tried the injections and had zero luck and ended up getting both knees
> replaced and is now pain free.  Hope the injections work long term.
>
> I know what you mean by needing to loose weight, I have managed to drop
> over 50 lbs this past year.  Still need to loose more, but it is getting
> there. i have also taken up Nathan's habit of riding my bike, which helps,
> even got my wife, Chris doing it also.
>
> Gene
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 8:11 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It is not enough for the body to be weather sealed, lenses must be, too,
>> at least weather resistant, if not sealed!
>>
>> Both the Nikon D500 and the Fuji X-T2 have a good degree of "weather
>> resistance" built in and work fine in a moderate downpour - never tried
>> them during a full fledged monsoon downpour yet, I stay safely at home
>> during those times. Many of the newer Fuji lenses are weather resistant as
>> well.
>>
>> So, Douglas, if you want the D5 performance in a lighter body, may I
>> suggest the D500, even though, horror of horrors, it is APS-C? I have a D4
>> as well, which I hardly ever take out except for wildlife safaris nowadays,
>> the D500 is superior in practically every which way.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On 17-Mar-2017, at 04:34, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>>>
>>> Worthwhile thinking about, Frank. The other four adaptors I have are
>> Fotodiox too, and work well. However, the water resistance of the Sony
>> worries me, and, as sport, and especially sports like mountain running,
>> leave you very exposed to rapid and intense weather changes, I'd be
>> reluctant to have its innards fried with the slightest chance of an
>> electrical short.
>>> That said if my knees let me down, and I can't get back to climbing up
>> (well, really the going down bit kills me) the race routes, I'll probably
>> feel sorry for the unused Nikon lenses and get that adaptor too. My next
>> planned adaptor is for Miranda as I have a couple of nice Miranda lenses
>> from my Sensomat RE, and curiosity, as usual, will get the better of me :-)
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>>> On 16/03/2017 20:13, Frank Filippone wrote:
>>>> If you are contemplating a Nikon lens to Sony E series adapter, let me
>> put
>>>> in my $0.02  ( Roughly 0.02 Euros)
>>>>
>>>> I have the Novoflex adapter.  It works fine.  BUT, it does not offer
>>>> aperture connection to the body.... ie, you must  MANUALLY open up the
>> lens
>>>> fully (turning a ring on the adapter), focus, close the lens ( ditto the
>>>> ring) to working aperture, then shoot.  ( or focus at F11 or whatever
>> your
>>>> working aperture is).  If that works for you, fine, go for it.
>>>>
>>>> I bought a Fotodiox adapter that is a bit more expensive, but more
>> capable.
>>>> It has the ability to take the electrical images from the Sony body and
>>>> convert them to Nikon lens mechanical motions... including the aperture
>>>> connectivity.
>>>> If you set the working aperture, the lens opens fully for focusing, then
>>>> stops down for taking the picture.  This works, as far as I can tell,
>> for
>>>> all MF  Ai and AIs lenses as well as more modern AF lenses.  If you
>> have a
>>>> A7r or A7r11 ( which I know you have), and you have Nikon G lenses ( all
>>>> electronic control) they will also AF those lenses on your Sony body.
>>   (
>>>> does not work for the generation 1 Sony bodies, the A7 ( mine) or the
>> A7r.
>>>> It is an option....
>>>>
>>>> Frank Filippone
>>>>
>>>> Red735i at verizon.net
>>>>
>>>> Yes, Gene, the D4 is a really great camera too, and funnily enough I
>> DIDN'T
>>>> buy a Nikon adaptor for my A7II despite having some ok full frame Nikon
>>>> lenses. The reason? I'm thinking of getting one.
>>>>
>>>> I've delayed doing so, due to my knee issues, but I visited the theatre
>>>> - my ortho-man's one - this morning at 6am and had another couple of
>>>> injections in my knees. These bring my total to 20. Unlike the 18
>> previous
>>>> ones which were rooster juice, these were steroid ones. The effect has
>> been
>>>> immediate. I can now walk without pain. Let's hope it lasts, as I miss
>> my
>>>> mountain walking and going up to spectate at my old sport - mountain
>>>> running. If I do drop some weight and get a bit  fitter again, I'll
>> have a
>>>> D4 on my shoulder as I used to a fair bit of running shots, and get
>> stuff
>>>> into athletic mags in the past.
>>>>
>>>> Fingers and knees crossed.
>>>>
>>>> Douglas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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