Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry, did no sign off on that message! Sander van Hulsenbeek Amsterdam Holland Website: www.vanhulsenbeek.com Pictures: Borneo, Brazil, Argentina, Mongolia and more! ----- 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? >