Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/21

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Subject: [Leica] M Monochrom review in PDN
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:20:44 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

Gene Duprey wrote:

>
>OH NO!  in 1 year my M8 will turn into dust?
>
>Gene
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce at cox.net>
>To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 5:16:26 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>Subject: Re: [Leica] M Monochrom review in PDN
>
>I recall recently reading where some D. Science guy says a digital sensor 
>is 
>good for about 8 years until it is obliterated by Gama Rays. I think I need 
>to get out my original digital camera, a Sony R1, and use it while I can.
>

If this is true, a back-of-the-envelope calculation tells me my DMR is 
already toast, it just doesn't look like it yet.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com