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 6:01 PM -0800 11/8/01, Greg Locke wrote: >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. I haven't had my M6's in _really_ cold weather, but I've had some g series and M4's in weather below -40 working OK. I've had a Rollei 35 lock up, and a Nikon FM, but Konica Autoreflex's have always been good in the coldest weather. But then, they sound like icebreakers all the time. - -- * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html