Hi, Phil here out in Iraq. I take my Leica everywhere. And I mean everywhere. Here's a photo of it hanging off of the HMMWV driver's seat during a tactical convoy south of Baghdad. Everywhere I tell you! I took it with my "disposable" camera. A Nikon D2H. That electronic gizmo will go teets up sometime this deployment and I will be ready with a tried & true replacement. My M2, which will probably outlast me & will be handed down to my kids.