Ben Z
Veteran
Just as a cover. Unless it's a deluge (in which case, frankly, I'm not that dedicated to photography to be out shooting) I'm not worried about a few droplets. The M8 is a fairly tight ship. Neither my Canon 20D or 5D are considered weather sealed either, nor were many of the film cameras I've used which had tons of electronics inside, and I never had a moisture-related failure. Even the 1-series Canons which are called weather sealed aren't waterproof, if you drown one it's not a given that it will survive.
_goodtimez
Well-known
Pachuco,
you should ask my sister how She does ! She tested her M8 real hard by plunging into a lake with it
Still works today !
you should ask my sister how She does ! She tested her M8 real hard by plunging into a lake with it
Still works today !pachuco
El ****
Right on, I will start putting those in my bag. I have quite a few of them (along with little soaps and little shampoo) that I wind up just throwing away. Great tip!
pachuco
El ****
Pachuco,
you should ask my sister how She does ! She tested her M8 real hard by plunging into a lake with it
What?!?!
That is amazing! Tell me the story, I want to know all about that!
_goodtimez
Well-known
Pachuco this is the thread : Drowned M8 - Help requested
pachuco
El ****
Now I remember that! Thanks!
_goodtimez
Well-known
BTW I looked at your photo site, this is great stuff !
Jeff Kerridge
Newbie
Base with entries
Base with entries
Base with entries
Or you could try to use this base in some way - www.leicatime.com
Harry Lime
Practitioner
I doubt it is that simple, Harry. It is a vintage-style built body. There was a piece about the weathersealing of the S2 in LFI. It seems to be not as straightforward as one might think. Anyhow, the only M8 that died of moisture that I know of was destroyed by internal condensation, which would not have been prevented by weathersealing. There are a number of reports of dunked M8s, even more of soaked ones surviving, so it cannot be as bad as all that. Not that I would not highly appreciate weathersealing
I don't want to get in to a discussion about Tina's M8 taking a bath in a South American river. I wasn't there and all I can say is that sometimes the gods give you a break. But I would not recommend anyone to push their luck.
I'm pretty sure the body can be sealed without changing the appearance of the camera. There aren't a lot of entry points to begin with and as it is the body is very tight. The lenses may not be sealed, but that didn't stop Nikon from making the somewhat sealed F3-P and well sealed F4. For what it's worth I studied industrial design...
I have a hunch that Leica may seal the body for the M10. The M9 still uses what essentially is the M8 shell. A mold like that is very expensive and they may have simply not wanted to put that much cash in to it.
On the other hand they simply may not get it.
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Harry Lime
Practitioner
A while back I saw a picture of Christopher Morris from VII Photo during Gulf War II. He appeared to be holding a Canon 20D or 30D that was heavily taped around critical areas to prevent sand from entering the body...
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rya
Established
In lieu of a weather-sealed M (but taken by a Ricoh):
Harry Lime
Practitioner
Exactly. It's not the same.
There are plenty of reports of people shooting with the M8/M9 is all sorts of weather and coming home with the bacon. I just find it really unnerving and as I said a game of Russian roulette.
jaapv
RFF Sponsoring Member.
Oh- I do think they get it. The S2 is submersible -far over the common standards for weathersealed.
pachuco
El ****
A while back I saw a picture of Christopher Morris from VII Photo during Gulf War II. He appeared to be holding a Canon 20D or 30D that was heavily taped around critical areas to prevent sand from entering the body...
This is what I am leaning towards, really. I have plenty of gaffers tape and no qualms about putting it on my Leica!
grahamule
grahamule
Thanks for the discussion, all. As I am waiting on mine to arrive, I have also been thinking about this a lot. Pachuco, I suspect that I will be doing something similar with tape/saran wrap/etc.
What about lenses? Anyone have any tips for these? It seems that they could be more easily resurrected, anyway, if for no other reason than lack of electronics but might still be useful to help them out as well if possible.
What about lenses? Anyone have any tips for these? It seems that they could be more easily resurrected, anyway, if for no other reason than lack of electronics
but might still be useful to help them out as well if possible.pachuco
El ****
Thanks for the discussion, all. As I am waiting on mine to arrive, I have also been thinking about this a lot. Pachuco, I suspect that I will be doing something similar with tape/saran wrap/etc.
What about lenses? Anyone have any tips for these? It seems that they could be more easily resurrected, anyway, if for no other reason than lack of electronics
Lenses fall into the film Leica category for me in that I know I can have those cleaned and restored so I'm not as worried. Are the mounts tight enough to keep water out? Well, that's one place I'm putting the tape on
grahamule
grahamule
Lenses fall into the film Leica category for me in that I know I can have those cleaned and restored so I'm not as worried. Are the mounts tight enough to keep water out? Well, that's one place I'm putting the tape on
Yeah that's kind of what I meant by "more easily resurrected"
I was just checking to see if there is some non-obvious, super-slick way to avoid having to send them off in case of extra harsh conditions (not that I really expect to see such that often).pachuco
El ****
Thanks! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can secure a funding source this year so I can travel again and add to my portfolio. I'm thinking positive and hoping 2010 is going to be a good year!