Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 operating temps
From: David Rodgers <drodgers@swiftnet.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 00:57:57 -0800
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Anyone who will be working with an M6 in cold weather needs to send it in 
to Leica for a cold weather lube. Replace the bees wax with whale oil.  I 
don't know how other cameras can function at extremes. They probably don't 
have any moving parts?

Dave

At 05:19 PM 11/8/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>What about the M cameras that have been atop Everest?  Mighty cold there.
>Friend of mine is a guide who's been to the top three times.  He carrys a
>point and shoot Contax that seems to work well for him

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