Leica in hot and humid environment

[lanetomlane]

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I lived in Dubai for five years in the eighties and have visited many times since. It certainly can be humid but I've never had problems with either film, or digital Leica's.

 

Regards, Tom

[fotogen1]

I lived in Dubai for five years in the eighties and have visited many times since. It certainly can be humid but I've never had problems with either film' date=' or digital Leica's.

 

Regards, Tom[/quote']

 

what's the best month for travelling to Dubai? I mean most comfortable for the traveller, not necessarily for the camer. ;-)

[lanetomlane]

what's the best month for travelling to Dubai? I mean most comfortable for the traveller, not necessarily for the camer. ;-)

 

Depends really what you want to do. February/March is usually good for sightseeing but maybe not hot enough for the beach. Mid March to the end of April is hot, but not too hot.

October and November are likewise very pleasent. I would certainly avoid June/July/August when it's just too hot to go out. Bit like our European Winters in reverse.

 

If you need any additional information please don't hesitate to contact me, although Dubai is now hardly recognisable from the time we lived there.

 

Best regards, Tom

[Fotofanatiker]

Have been living in Dubai for almost 5 years (left end of 2012), out of which 3 with a M9. No problems whatsoever - except one guy asking me in an elevator "What Canon is this?"... It survived sand storms, shopping malls, visa runs to Oman - and the nasty humidity in summer. Don't go there between July and September. And check Ramadan timings 2014 before your book...

[fotogen1]

Depends really what you want to do. February/March is usually good for sightseeing but maybe not hot enough for the beach. Mid March to the end of April is hot, but not too hot.

October and November are likewise very pleasent. I would certainly avoid June/July/August when it's just too hot to go out. Bit like our European Winters in reverse.

 

If you need any additional information please don't hesitate to contact me, although Dubai is now hardly recognisable from the time we lived there.

 

Best regards, Tom

 

I'm thinking about spending about 3 days there on a trip to the Maldives. This would be Jan/Feb time. I already spent there one single night and it was somehow impressive and strange enough to make me curious to see more of this place.

[lanetomlane]

I'm thinking about spending about 3 days there on a trip to the Maldives. This would be Jan/Feb time. I already spent there one single night and it was somehow impressive and strange enough to make me curious to see more of this place.

 

If you want to see some images of Dubai there is a section on my website.

 

http://www.tomlane.zenfolio.com

 

These were all taken during trips there over the last 8 years or so, mainly with M8 and then later M9.

 

Regards, Tom

[wlaidlaw]

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The sensor on my M9 died after being used in some very high humidity environments in the Caribbean. It developed white spots under the cover glass, that I suspect were humidity related. Leica Service being their usual helpful selves, replaced the sensor FOC. Hopefully the M240 with its better sealing will be less prone to this problem. I hope so as I will be taking it with me to the Kerala lakes early next year. I still wonder if they could have incorporated a narrow sealing strip into the bayonet to keep yet more damp and dust out of the chamber. There are some amazing materials around now, for example the rubbing strips that seal between the brake cooling shrouds and the rotating wheels on a formula one car.

 

Wilson

[sillbeers15]

I live and work in Singapore.

Never really had a problematic encounter with heat (24 to 35 deg celcus) and 98% humidity.

Only worries are during sudden movement of glasses from cool (air conditioned 23 deg w. 50% RH) environment, such as inside a building or vehicle onto open air hot and humid climate.

Only practical solution is to soften the transition (say kept in camera bag for a while before bring camera and glasses into open.

[Simey]

I live and work in Singapore.

Never really had a problematic encounter with heat (24 to 35 deg celcus) and 98% humidity.

Only worries are during sudden movement of glasses from cool (air conditioned 23 deg w. 50% RH) environment, such as inside a building or vehicle onto open air hot and humid climate.

Only practical solution is to soften the transition (say kept in camera bag for a while before bring camera and glasses into open.

 

This is the problem here in Dubai as well. Buildings here are highly air conditioned. It's tricky too. I find if I go outside the camera will be fine for the first couple of minutes, but then just when you think everything is OK to start shooting, the lens fogs up.

 

This usually takes another 5 minutes or so to clear up and your solution is the best one. My other camera (a Fuji X100) doesn't do this as badly. I put this down to the more substantial chunk of metal of the Leica taking longer to warm up.

 

Dust is also an issue in Dubai obviously. But if you don't take pictures in dust then it is kind of pointless taking pictures here at all.