[Leica] Waterproofing - was M8 failure in snow

Sun Mar 19 09:54:54 PDT 2017

In my case, I have a balanced diet, just too much of it!! Old habits die 
hard. When I did a huge amount of competitive running - and triathlons 
to boot, I ate all around me, but the weight never stuck. Then, out 
training on my bike, some eejit decided to use me as a bonnet (car hood) 
ornament, and did my back in permanently. I had to stop all the 
exercise, but still ate... It was a bad idea.

Douglas

On 18/03/2017 02:52, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> Have you tried the Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) diet to lose weight? It is
> controlling my diabetes quite well, to the extent that I have managed to
> stop medication after 25 years, but weight loss can be spectacular if you
> can follow the regimen. It is not quite so easy for us Indian vegetarians,
> as we have to forgo around 80% of our normal diet, but should be relatively
> easy to follow for meat eaters.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 3:15 AM, Gene Duprey <geneduprey2015 at gmail.com>
> 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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