Re: 645D performance in -25 °C

2011-03-26 Thread mike wilson
On 25/03/2011 08:46, AlunFoto wrote: On the last day at Svalbard I joined a snowmobile hike to the East coast of Spitsbergen, a 10 hour ride. I carried the 645D in a holsterbag (a LowePro Toploader) on my chest. The temperature in Longyearbyen when we started was -25 °C. I could swear it was cold

Re: 645D performance in -25 °C

2011-03-25 Thread drd1135
I wonder if Leica digital could do that. -Original Message- From: David J Brooks Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:55:08 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: 645D performance in -25 °C On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:07 AM

Re: 645D performance in -25 °C

2011-03-25 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > Pentax should have you test their stuff.  -25 C is really impressive. > Steve Desjardins OT but just thought i would share. The survey company i worked for used Leica equipment for about 99.9% of their work. Proven reliablility and th

Re: 645D performance in -25 °C

2011-03-25 Thread Steven Desjardins
Pentax should have you test their stuff. -25 C is really impressive. I tried very hard not to laugh at your nose getting stuck to the LCD. I know it hurt, but it's the first time I've ever heard of that. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:46 AM, AlunFoto wrote: > On the last day at Svalbard I joined a sn

Re: 645D performance in -25 °C

2011-03-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/3/11, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: >Ouch, that's definately brutal. And how about clothing? Just my usual Berghaus which is good for about -10 or so which is workably the coldest it usually gets here in the UK, aberrations like December aside. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (

Re: 645D performance in -25 °C

2011-03-25 Thread Bulent Celasun
Quite an experience! Thanks for telling us. Bulent - http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/p

Re: 645D performance in -25 °C

2011-03-25 Thread AlunFoto
2011/3/25 Cotty : > On 25/3/11, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> The temperature in >>Longyearbyen when we started was -25 °C > > Look forward to the pics! > > I spent 5 minutes in an industrial deep freeze once at -25c and after > half the time it became a trial to even breathe. Mind you

Re: 645D performance in -25 °C

2011-03-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/3/11, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: > The temperature in >Longyearbyen when we started was -25 °C Look forward to the pics! I spent 5 minutes in an industrial deep freeze once at -25c and after half the time it became a trial to even breathe. Mind you, no acclimatisation, straight

645D performance in -25 °C

2011-03-25 Thread AlunFoto
On the last day at Svalbard I joined a snowmobile hike to the East coast of Spitsbergen, a 10 hour ride. I carried the 645D in a holsterbag (a LowePro Toploader) on my chest. The temperature in Longyearbyen when we started was -25 °C. I could swear it was colder on the glacier. In short, the camer