Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina: You need a Nikonos for those occasions. I think most National Geographic Photographers have one in their kit. Regards, Robert At 09:00 PM 3/20/99 -0500, you wrote: >At 12:57 AM 3/21/99 +0000, you wrote: >> >>How water resistant are M6 bodies and lenses compared to other brands of >>camera? How careful do you have to be? > > >They are not water resistant but then neither is any other camera :-) >The M6 can get slightly damp - a rain storm - without hurting any >complicated electronics. But if you drop it in a river or spend 8 hours in >a canoe in the rainy season in Honduras, it has to go back to Leica. I >have one there now that spent less than 2 seconds underwater. It's costing >me about $1000 to get it repaired. However, I would not have carried any >other camera into similar situations. > >Leically, > >Tina >Tina Manley, ASMP >http://www.tinamanley.com/ > > > > >