Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Could it be that since it is mainly a mechanical beast, with only the latest models having any electrical components, they did not feel it needed any waterproofing of the type we see today? -------------- Original message from "B. D. Colen" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com>: -------------- > I wouldn't for a minute suggest that the M doesn't take a lickin' and keep > on tickin,' Didier - in fact in all my years I think I've had a > rangefinder > out of alignment once, and I've never had an M fail me. That said, it does > seem odd that it's not better sealed than it is. > > > On 8/26/06 5:38 PM, "Didier Ludwig" wrote: > > > B.D., > > A Leica M is certainly not as water sealed as a D2X, 1DsMkII or a E-1 , > > but my > > experience is that it stands a certain amount of rain better than many > > other > > film and digital SLR cameras from the past and from now. I used my M6 on > > longer, sometimes very rainy, hikes in the alps and it got rather wet > > more > > than once, without making troubles. I would consider this as rudimentary > > sealed, but of course not enough sealed for real professional field work > > like > > Ted's collegues here: http://tinyurl.com/mjts9 > > :-) > > Didier > > > > > > At 23:22 26.08.2006, "B. D. Colen" wrote: > >> Your fascinating post begs the question, of course, of why Leica never > >> got > >> around to providing even the most rudimentary weatherproof seals in its > >> high-end cameras. The Ms were, after all, a standard part of many PJs' > >> kits > >> up until the 80s, if not the 90s, and that means it was a given they > >> would > >> be subjected to the elements from time to time. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information