Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But what happens to the lenses when submerged? Op 28-aug-06, om 02:58 heeft Tina Manley het volgende geschreven: > At 10:04 PM 8/26/2006, you wrote: > Yeah Ted, but did you ever do an Eskimo roll in a kayak while holding >> your Leica? >> >> Larry Z > > You guys continue to talk around me. It's fine. I've done more > than an Eskimo roll with the M6's. I've waded waist deep through > mud after Hurricane Mitch in Honduras and lost the M6 in the mud > after it fell of off my shoulder when I stepped into an even deeper > gully. We fished the camera out of the mud. I carefully rewound > the film and later washed the camera in clean water and dried it by > a fire. I continued to use it for the two weeks I was in Honduras > with no problems. It was later cleaned and lubricated by Leica at > no charge. I also dropped an M6 off the side of a canoe in the > Mosquito Coast when the load on the canoe suddenly shifted. The > boatman snagged the strap with his pole and I again managed to dry > the camera out and continue using it for another 2 weeks before > sending it to Leica, again for CLA at no charge. I've also done > more mundane and stupid things like take the M7 on a white-water > rafting trip. It didn't fall overboard but did get thoroughly > soaked and survived. The M's might not be weather-sealed but they > are so well built and so devoid of electronics that they don't need > to be weather sealed. > > Leically, > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA > http://www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >