The camera should work even better at low tempuratures. The batteries are the problem. If you can get them separated from the camera by a cord and keep the batteries in an inside pocket a digital camera should be great for cold weather photography.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 1:12 PM Subject: Re: Re: Can digital beat 6x7? Answer seems to be yes > Hi, > You all write about quality of digital vs medium format etc. and I have a question. > What about shooting at very low temperatures ( I means -10C or lower)? Does digital camera can still work well, since it takes plenty of power etc.Everybody knows how for instance calculators/watches behave at such temperatures. > So please write any comments/experiences. > Alek > Użytkownik Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisał: > >Mike, > > > >I think there is one aspect where 67 beats digital. That is in cost > >for amateurs (meaning not making a living from their photography). > >Until your shooting quantity goes up quite a bit, cost will probably > >be one of the last strongholds of the film world for awhile. > > > >Not only that, we live in a "good enough" society right now, where > >price/cost is more important than quality. I believe that for many > >uses, 6MP D100 and D60 quality is "good enough" and that most won't > >want to pay much more than that. > > > >One more interesting note: I have watched a few photographers shooting > >digital and talked with a few, who indicate that they shoot more > >frames per session/subject than they did with film. The usual cited > >reason is lack of cost to shoot the frames. By shooting more, they > >insure/improve the likelihood of getting the shots they need. Doesn't > >seem to be that much different in mindset than taking a video camera > >and just let it run and then pick the best frame out of it. One > >starts to wonder if that will occur (whether with a vidcam or > >digicam). It would certainly change the style and role of the > >photographer. > > > > > >Bruce > > > > > > > >Wednesday, January 15, 2003, 3:18:47 PM, you wrote: > > > >MJ> Can digital beat 6x7? > > > >MJ> I thought the denizens of the PDML might be interested in these comments > >MJ> from my friend Michael Reichmann, who runs the Luminous Landscape website > >MJ> and publishes "The Video Journal," a photography magazine on DVD. I have > >MJ> Michael's permission to quote from his private e-mails: > > > > > >>>>>> > >MJ> I'm using a Canon 1Ds. The most remarkable photographic product I've > >MJ> ever owned. Almost large format image quality from 35mm. It's hard not > >MJ> to sound too enthusiastic about it. > > > >MJ> I sold my Pentax 645 outfit when I got the 1Ds. No contest. > > > >MJ> I have hung on to the Pentax 67 for the past couple of months, but with > >MJ> every test I did, including side by side shoots the 1Ds images always > >MJ> came out on top; resolution, colour purity, grain, everything. > > > >MJ> So last week I took it all to my favourite online dealer and he's going > >MJ> to be selling it for me. > > > >MJ> I'm hanging on to my Hasselblad XPan and M Leica gear. Other than that > >MJ> I'm now all digital. > >MJ> <<<< > > > > > >MJ> Michael favorably reviewed both the Pentax 645N and 67 on his site, and has > >MJ> used both extensively in the field along with his previous Rollei 6008 > >MJ> system. In parallel, he was going digital with the D30 when it came out. > > > >MJ> By the way, when Michael says "every test I did, including side by side > >MJ> shoots," he really means it--he actually runs the tests and looks at the > >MJ> results. In my experience of him, he truly has no particular axe to grind. > > > >MJ> Looks like it's really getting to be a new world now. > > > >MJ> --Mike > > > > > ***************r-e-k-l-a-m-a************** > > Chcesz oszczędzić na kosztach obsługi bankowej ? > mBIZNES - konto dla firm > http://epieniadze.onet.pl/mbiznes >
