Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/24

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Subject: [Leica] Waterproof M8's
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu Jul 24 14:53:38 2008
References: <20080724173929.BYY49399@ms1.comporium.net>

On Jul 24, 2008, at 2:39 PM,Tina Manley wrote:

> At 11:39 AM 7/24/2008, you wrote:
>
>> sounds rough but invigorating,
>
>
>> when do you return?
>
>> Steve
>
> Hi Steve-
>
> We got caught in another torrential downpour today.  I've been in  
> Honduras for the rainy season every summer for over 20 years and  
> this beats anything I've ever seen.  The newspaper said that over  
> 70% of the corn crop has been destroyed by storms but the rain  
> should be good for the dry season!  (If they only had some way to  
> keep it from running downhill to the ocean!)  My poncho got ripped  
> on barbed wire and my cameras are soaked again.  Still working  
> fine!  The 75/1.4 and 24/2.8 were fine today - no fogging.  I took  
> 311 photos with one camera and 306 with the other.  Tomorrow I get  
> to ride a horse again to a community 3 miles straight up the  
> mountain.  Everybody else has to walk.  Being old and crippled has  
> its advantages
>
> I'll be back July 29th.  In spite of all of the rain, lightning, and  
> mud, I wouldn't be anywhere else.  I love Honduras!

what a story Tina... if the water doesn't get your cameras the fungus  
might...

and even your faux joints are going to rust...

what a malaria season is coming...

have fun, travel well...Steve






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