Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:20 PM 11/8/2001, you wrote: >Hmmm - not quite true Jo - my M6 has frozen solid several times before i >have - i.e. you need a pipe wrench to focus the lens and an exposure at >1/125 sec takes around 2 seconds! > >I note he brochure says tested to -20c. The above is from around -35c >to -40c/f > >BTW my N***n F4 has carried on as long as I can last in those conditions >(last year, shooting some of the breeding stock of Eskimo Dogs out for a >run.... > >tim I'm afraid I have to concur with my even more northern colleague. More then once my M6's have seized solid in a "brisk" North Atlantic breeze in January. Those pictures in the brochures of the Leica at the north pole must have been taken with a Nikon :^) Sadly, this seems to be the weakness of the M6. Greg Locke St. John's, Newfoundland http://www.greglocke.com - ----------------------------------------- PictureDesk International .....news pictures ONLINE! http://www.picturedesk.org and http://www.newscom.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html