Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/03/13

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Subject: [Leica] M8 failure in snow
From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 19:28:11 -0400
References: <9EE7DF8D-6620-46DA-B13E-86B94AF0E777@mac.com>

I fell in a river in Honduras with two M8's on my shoulders.  They both went 
under water with me. I dried them out by a fire and used them for the rest 
of the trip. When I got back home, I sent them to Leica for CLA.  They are 
both still working fine.

Tina

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 13, 2017, at 7:06 PM, Richard Endress <rendress at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello all, 
> 
> Once again my beloved M8 has failed in damp conditions. Shutter quit when 
> I got caught in a rainstorm. Same thing today when I was out in a heavy 
> snowstorm today. Shutter quit after about 15 minutes and I was shielding 
> the camera in my jacket but once the top deck got wet. Anyone else have 
> this happen. I am sure many of you have been shooting in similar 
> conditions. Any suggestions for a cure. I know the camera will dry out by 
> tomorrow. But the event will be over. I am disappointed with what I 
> thought was my bullet proof camera. I guess I am back to film in my M6.   
> 
> Richard Endress
> rendress at me.com <mailto:rendress at me.com>
> 
> http://questingbeast.zenfolio.com <http://questingbeast.zenfolio.com/>
> 
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