[Leica] Waterproof M8's

[scheng at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng)]

Hi Tina,

It would be interesting to see how moisture tolerant the M-8 is. My  
M-4P once sat in a small puddle for a few hours in my pannier when I  
got caught in a cloudburst while bike touring in southern France. I  
just took the film out, and left it on a table for a few hours to dry.  
It still works fine today.

Electronics are usually much less tolerant of moisture. It is the  
reason that many electronic gadgets fail.

Regards,
Spencer

On Jul 20, 2008, at 19:46, Tina Manley wrote:

> LUG:
>
> We got caught in a torrential downpour today walking back from a  
> remote village.  A tropical depression is sitting over Honduras and  
> we've had unbelievable amounts of rain in the last couple of days.   
> I was totally drenched.  My boots filled with water from the rain  
> even before we had to wade across a knee-deep stream.  There was no  
> way I could keep my M8's dry under a poncho blowing in the wind.  I  
> was worried, but they are both fine and I just downloaded today's  
> photos.  I'm sure telling these tail I'll never be able to sell  
> anybody on the LUG my used cameras ;-) but I'm just happy Leica's  
> are still so durable.  I went out and bought a hair-dryer which is  
> now drying my boots for tomorrow's hike.
>
> Leically,
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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