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Originally Posted by imported_reinierv
After just 5 days in greenland, whe had a pretty heavy storm with lots of rain. For safety I put the M8 inside my backpack, rather than in the camera case outside. When back in camp the M8 was dead ^%#^&  and could not be revived the rest of the 3 week trip. The screen showed a lot of moist in the camera.
So I have to send it back to Leica for repairs, it is 8 months old so still guarentee. Will they implement more decent weather sealing, that fit a 4K camera, or can I better dump the M8 if I make these kind of trips?
Worst of all I had to look 2 weeks and the dirty grin of a 400D+kitlens owner who even took pictures during the storm And even worse, the two weeks after that were the best weather since a long time in greenland...
Luckely I was clever enough to also pack an M6 and some film, intended for use when the 3 (I bought 2 brand new ones I thus never came to use) batteries would not last the trip... |
For several years now I have been encouraging Leica (publicly and privately) to put put full weather seals in their digital M camera. People periodically report M8s that survive in the rain, etc. but those folks are reporting upon luck, ultimately. Since the camera isn't sealed it is vulnerable to moisture. Hopefully, at some point Leica will take that issue seriously because computers and water do not mix. There is a reason that Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus and now Sony include seals in the camera bodies they promote for professional use.
The 400D owner got lucky. That camera isn't sealed either.
Cheers,
Sean