Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan K. wrote: >>this camera works by -25° degrees celcius and in the >>desert at 55° and never lets you down if dry or wet weather > >I am not sure if Leica produced a battery operated electronic shuttered >M-camera, it will be able to withstand such extreme temperatures. Minus 25 >deg Celcius is very very cold indeed for batteries to perform optimally. I >am sure most leica users are unlikely to have to brave such extreme cold >conditions. I've used Leica's, Nikons and Konicas in -40°C weather, and they all work OK. Motor drives are a bit of a problem, but metering usually holds up. The Nikons were F2's with the metering prisms, and the Konicas the Autoreflex T series, with shutter speed preferred automation run by a 625 battery. The Leicas had to be fairly clean (as in shutter serviced) to handle the cold, but the Nikon horizontal metal shutter and Konica Copal Square always did fine. * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com