Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Only if users don't care if they get water in their cameras. ;-) On 8/27/06 3:13 PM, "grduprey@mchsi.com" <grduprey@mchsi.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information