Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marty* I* stop working in direct sun on 45C+ days too! Mad dogs and Englishmen...... Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 31 March 2014 18:44, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > >