Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/04

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica MDigital: specs and extreme circumstances.
From: alex at vanhulsenbeek.com (Sander van Hulsenbeek)
Date: Sun Sep 4 01:09:11 2005

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sander van Hulsenbeek" <alex@vanhulsenbeek.com>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 10:05 AM
Subject: RE: Leica MDigital: specs and extreme circumstances.


> Another 2c's thought:
>
> My Canon 20D's specifications say: operates in 0-40 degrees Centigrade and 
> max. 85 percent humidity.
>
> So in the jungle in Borneo, a month ago, it held up to those 
> specifitations and quit working. Lenses fogged and no more pictures were 
> recorded. When it back to life: an ugly vertical stripe pattern on all 
> pics. So: useless for the rest of the trip.
>
> Would a "pro" body be better? No, not after a change of lenses.  *&^#%: 
> where was my Leica? Lost in the tsunami it was, as some of you may 
> remember. (Had to buy a 350D to be able to continue)
>
> I have never seen my Leica M pack in under such circumstancess. But a 
> digitalM? That would basically have the same specs and same 
> vulnerabilities.
>
> Who wants to travel with a 5000 US intrinsally lame duck?
>