Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My M8 and MM have both stopped working in direct sun on 45C+ days, where the cameras both got hot enough that they were difficult to hold. There doesn't seem to be any long terrm problem with this. Leica says the camera works up to 40C. That means about 10-15 days a year I can expect problems. It's just another thing to think about. Working with film in this had worse risks and was harder, of course. Marty On Monday, 31 March 2014, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > That reminds me of a question I had about very high temperatures ;-) and > digital cameras. A couple of us have been considering having a pretty good > digital camera around all the time. There would no doubt be times when it > would have to be left in the car trunk, say in the summertime. Does anyone > know if this is bad for digital gear? It was of course a real problem with > film. > > Ken > > > On 3/30/2014 12:33 AM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > >> >> >> And when I go? On my 100th birthday day; 27 May 2029 a Leica M of some >> sort will go with me!:-) Smile for crying out loud!:-) >> >> Hell you never know what might be on the other side? ;-) >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >