grillo Posted August 10, 2009 Share #1 Posted August 10, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) First, organize a barbecue with a few friends. When finished eating lunch, get some peppers (photographs optional), cover them in alluminum foil and cut them in half. In each half, pour an egg and salt to taste, and put them on the bbq. Let them cook for a couple of hours. Take your M8 and hang it on your neck. Take a pepper, remove the alluminum foil and take a bite. Very carefully, let a little drop of not fully cooked egg fall on the power switch. Do not panic. Find a napkin and quickly remove egg from M8. If lucky, a tiny bit of egg will get inside the power switch and in a few minutes it will harden. Finish your pepper and your party and enjoy. If power switch is too hard don't worry, with use will loosen slightly, but I guess that achieving the correct resistance will be tricky. More research is needed, but I was lucky to get it right the first time and I'm done. --J. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted August 10, 2009 Share #2 Posted August 10, 2009 Weathersealed too.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikenic Posted August 10, 2009 Share #3 Posted August 10, 2009 Hmmmm... warning Too much pepper will result in hot pixels. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adli Posted August 10, 2009 Share #4 Posted August 10, 2009 Hmmmm... warning Too much pepper will result in hot pixels. Mike Hilarious! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
okram Posted August 10, 2009 Share #5 Posted August 10, 2009 In 2007 I suggested ice cream applied at the same way.We are making progress. ( It worked flawlessly until somebody at sloms removed it- they really dont like inventive approach to the matter.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted August 10, 2009 Share #6 Posted August 10, 2009 If you have runny eggs after 2 hours on a barbecue, I'd say you have more problems with the barbecue than the camera <grin>. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marquinius Posted August 10, 2009 Share #7 Posted August 10, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) --J., I tried this out and I'm not satisfied: - as Steve suggests (does he know more about eggs and M8's?) eggs are not runny after such a long time, although the family ran pretty fast after the first bite (I waved them "todeloo") - a small bit of pepper came away and dropped in the hole before I could get the egg in: extra instructions are in order to make absolutely sure first things. What kind of pepper was used in the experiment? - most of the egg (I took the liberty off cooking a new, very soft egg) ran over my hands and over the whole camera: not only did the power switch stick, but most of the lens as well. All in all I think this is, from a scientific point of view, a very thin experiment. I suggest at least more about what kind of eggs (an ostrich egg would be good for the S2, perhaps) and peppers (really, like someone heard the bell, etc... ) and, last but not least, minute instructions about dropping height, initial dropping speed, droplet shape, etc. ad nauseam (I just saw one of the family coming back from the loo and the term just came to my mind as spontaneously as it apparently came to him). Best regards, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehouseflogger Posted August 10, 2009 Share #8 Posted August 10, 2009 I understand the Solms solution (450Euros) is the drip from a wurst mit kase, from the snell wagen! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhulsenbeek Posted August 10, 2009 Share #9 Posted August 10, 2009 I understand the Solms solution (450Euros) is the drip from a wurst mit kase, from the snell wagen! Rather a Currywurst I would think Leica sure has its own variety: just like Volkswagen (sorry, in German!) Wolfsburg: Garantiert ohne Motoröl: Currywurst von Volkswagen - Hintergründe - Gesellschaft - FAZ.NET Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted August 10, 2009 Share #10 Posted August 10, 2009 I understand the Solms solution (450Euros) is the drip from a wurst mit kase, from the snell wagen! That could damage the camera. In fact I'd go so far as to say it's the wurst kase senario. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehouseflogger Posted August 10, 2009 Share #11 Posted August 10, 2009 Brilliant! Steve! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted August 10, 2009 Share #12 Posted August 10, 2009 That could damage the camera. In fact I'd go so far as to say it's the wurst kase senario. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted August 10, 2009 Share #13 Posted August 10, 2009 Well, grillo, now we know how you came by your user name. BTW, be careful not to leave your M8 where there might be ants. All your corrective measures could be promptly devoured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grillo Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share #14 Posted August 11, 2009 BTW, be careful not to leave your M8 where there might be ants. All your corrective measures could be promptly devoured. Ah! So that's why those pesky ants have been looking at my M8 with lustful eyes... --J. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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