Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/31

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Subject: [Leica] Inconsistent lens detection on M 8
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 06:47:34 +0200
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Wimps! I have cycled in temperature above 40C.

Cheers,
Macho Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA









On Mar 31, 2014, at 11:59 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> 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



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