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Subject: [Leica] M8 & 8.2 opinions
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:41:52 -0600 (CST)

I guess Tina and my M8's don't know they are supposed to have massive 
failures when soaking wet, are in salty environments, freezing temps. etc.  
I'm going to keep this information away from it, so it will keep working in 
adverse environments.  ;-)

Cheers,
Gene

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 5:46:14 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 & 8.2 opinions

Not mine.

Tina

On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> Bullshit. The Canon DSLR I used between 2005 and 2008 was totally rainproof
> if the lens was too. And I am not talking about a light drizzle. I am
> talking about a Dutch downpour. An M8 would be dead within 10 minutes.
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>
> YNWA
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 20, 2011, at 7:58 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>
> > Very few cameras in the history of photography have anything resembling
> > water sealing.
>
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Tina Manley, ASMP
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