Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Been out in the snow, Niaggra Falls and all kinds of weather with my M8 and never a single glitch. Gene On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 6:28 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > 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/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >