Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Spencer and Tina Hmmm! A friend recently gave me a Canon G-5 which was (is) filled with seawater. I doubt if it would work as it had a 40 foot fall onto rocks before it bounced into a tidepool.! Jerry Spencer Cheng wrote: > 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