Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/07/23

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Subject: [Leica] M8 failure in rain
From: ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 18:27:53 -0400
References: <FB15532A-5143-4DC4-959B-E06C5C08A5AF@mac.com>

I have had one card do something similar to me, not water related in my case

feel like ti was card, not camera related

trash the card

ric




> On Jul 23, 2016, at 6:18 PM, Richard Endress <rendress at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I wanted to ask the group how often do you have problems with your digital 
> M cameras in the rain.  I visited the Draken Harald Harfagre, the largest 
> viking ship afloat, a couple days ago. Got onboard for a quick tour just 
> in time to get rained on. I lost about half of my photos due to water 
> getting into the camera. The shutter and metering continued to function 
> correctly but the images did not get recorded on the chip. Or not 
> correctly recorded, just got stripes and blocks of tone. I assume 
> raindrops got into the circuitry through the back and through the top. My 
> problem is that it did not get that wet, we are talking a few drops. Has 
> anyone had the same problem and what can I do to prevent it happening 
> again? Or should I have just taken my M6 instead?
> 
> Richard Endress
> rendress at me.com <mailto:rendress at me.com>
> 
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