Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/08

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Subject: RE: [Leica] M6 operating temps
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 23:00:14 -0500
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At 08:13 PM 11/8/01 -0700, Tim Atherton wrote:
>which works fine until you exert yourself a little Marc, then you bring out
>your nice, moist M6 and it freezes instantly - the shutter release once to 4
>hours to de-frost...!

Well, first, I have long subscribed to the belief that the Good Lord
allocates each of us a certain number of heartbeats at the hour of our
birth and that there is absolutely no good reason to consume these through
unnecessary exertion!

Second, in really cold weather, you should really have your clothing VERY
well layered, in four or five layers.  I wasn't suggesting keeping the
camera next to your body but inside the outermost layer or two, where it
should be isolated from bodily humidity.

For regular use in really cold weather, of course, it is certainly best to
adopt the Zeiss Ikon method of "kaltfest" -- stripping out almost all the
lubricants and being as gentle with the camera as possible.

Marc

msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
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