Re: [Leica] Waterproof Leicas?

["Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>]

Tina-
At the risk of sounding like the fellow who admonished us against using a
hammer as our only tool, I would suggest that you carry the Leicas in a
waterproof case, and while in the canoe, use something like a Nikonos!
Iknow, I already hear the groans of the purists out there!
I do know that several photographers on 'expedition' use it because it is
proffed against dust, dirt, sand, water, and slogging through the mud! I can
see your use of the Leica and its array of tools while in the relative safe
place like a house or on a dry trail, but really, I don't think any right
minded person would fault you for using a NIKON (there, I said it!) if the
job required it!
I'll forgive you, easily! You got lots of other things more important to
worry about!
Dan ( Say! isn't that a Gaboon Viper over there?) Post

Oops, sorry- make that a fer du lance or emerald krait!
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 2:42 PM
Subject: [Leica] Waterproof Leicas?


> Lugnuts:
>
> Since I will be spending a considerable amount of time in a canoe this
> summer, I have been searching for ways to take photos with waterproof
> cameras.   My choices seem to be to buy a "cheap" waterproof
> point-and-shoot or to find an underwater camera housing to protect one of
> my  Leica M's.  I'd rather go the Leica route.  My other Leicas will be
> traveling in a Pelican waterproof case.  All of the camera housings that I
> have found are for Nikon, Canon, or point-and-shoot cameras.  Is it the
> nature of this beast that the camera be auto-focus?  Even the EWA type
> plastic bags do not include rangefinders in their list of supported
> cameras.  How difficult would it be to focus through the waterproof
> bag?  Any suggestions for photographing from a canoe with Leicas?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> http://www.tinamanley.com
>