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At 10:23 AM 1/2/2003 +0200, you wrote:
I sit down and plan all my shots inside by the fire. When I've decided what I'm going to do I put on two pairs of long woollen underwear. A denim shirt, a jersey and two pairs of woollen socks. A quilted snowsuit goes over the top. Finally a pair of boots with woollen liners and a fur hat. I usually wear thin cotton gloves with ordinary, also quite thin, leather gloves over them. I can stand 20 - 30 minutes if there's no wind. The camera - a plastic P30t - seems unaffected. It will work for as long as it takes my fingers to become too cold to operate the buttons. I stop now and again and warm my hands under my arms. One may sweat inside the layers, but fingers soon become useless. Most of the heat loss takes place when handing the metal tripod. I have an idea there may be such things as battery heated gloves (as there are socks) and I'm going to try to find out if they exist. But I'm betting they'll be too thick. It was -27C when I took some shots of tree tops a few weeks ago.I had a friend who used to take pictures of the heavens through a 14" Celestron using a Nikon body. He kept an external battery pack in his pocket and stayed outside for hours - but not when it was really cold. By the way - how on earth can you stay outdoors for 2 hours at -40C? Don (its only -24C this morning) Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 9:21 PM Subject: RE: Pish-posh and balderdash > William Robb wrote: > > > The silver oxide batteries that power the LX will crap out after > > about an hour at -40ºC, and you lose metering and slow speeds. > > The shutter on my LX continued to work at -40ºC for over two > > hours, giving times that were reliable enough for Kodachrome > > slide film. > > I gave up before the camera did when I cold tested the thing. > > Thanks Bill, > > Now I know what my LXs will cope with! > > However, at such low temperatures, my nose will kept be warm under the > blankets! > > Malcolm >
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