Re: Subject: Re: temperature range of MZ-5N (OT)
Quoth Fairy: > Todd wrote: > "- -10 to 0 degrees C isn't even cold. The camera will be fine." > > It's cold enough for me! There's no use if my camera's work, but my fingers > are frozen! That's actually one of the things I really like about the KX: I can work it with my winter gloves on. Sure, the Super Program is easy to use in aperture-priority or program mode, but seeing as most of my too-cold-to-want-to-take-my-gloves-off shooting has been in the dark where I'm trying to compensate for various odd light sources in the frame and such and using manual mode a lot, that nice shutter speed dial on the top of the KX winds up being a serious advantage. (The speed buttons on the Super Program are significantly smaller than the tips of the fingers of my warm gloves.) -- Glenn - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Subject: Re: temperature range of MZ-5N (OT)
In Minnesota, temperatures of -25 F (-32 F) isn't uncommon during the night in winter. Windchills can be much worse, -60 F (-51 C) aren't uncommon either. Getting back onto cameras, I have had them out during the day when the high is about 0 F (-18 C) and my Ricoh body does fine, the solar cells on the top help lower the dependence on the battery, I think, even after several hours. The ZX-M seems to have trouble winding in the cold, I think it's more because of the AA's getting cold. BTW, 19 C is a t-shirt and shorts weather 'round here. Todd At 08:26 AM 5/3/01 +1000, you wrote: >Todd wrote: > >"- -10 to 0 degrees C isn't even cold. The camera will be fine." > >It's cold enough for me! There's no use if my camera's work, but my fingers >are frozen! Just for the record (and totally off topic, sorry!), in my town >the coldest is has gotten in the past ten years is 3 degrees Celcius! Now >snow 'round these parts! It is officially "autumn" now, and last night it >got down to a "freezing" 19 degrees Celcius, with a top expected today of 32 >degrees. Needless to say, I hate the cold!! > >Frank, good luck in Nepal, I'll be thinking of you while I am sitting here >sweltering under the airconditioner or lying around in the pool! > >fairy.x. > > >- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Subject: Re: temperature range of MZ-5N (OT)
Interestingly enough, my ZX-5n and my ME Super, both had an operational life of approximately 20 minutes at -25 degrees F. Had to take photos of product for an insurance investigation in an ice cream freezer. Despite keeping the cameras against my body for warmth, they ceased to function after about 20 minutes. Pictures turned out just fine. Paul Gutkowski Milwaukee, Wi.
Subject: Re: temperature range of MZ-5N (OT)
Todd wrote: "- -10 to 0 degrees C isn't even cold. The camera will be fine." It's cold enough for me! There's no use if my camera's work, but my fingers are frozen! Just for the record (and totally off topic, sorry!), in my town the coldest is has gotten in the past ten years is 3 degrees Celcius! Now snow 'round these parts! It is officially "autumn" now, and last night it got down to a "freezing" 19 degrees Celcius, with a top expected today of 32 degrees. Needless to say, I hate the cold!! Frank, good luck in Nepal, I'll be thinking of you while I am sitting here sweltering under the airconditioner or lying around in the pool! fairy.x. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
