Gang,
Just an observation from prolonged camera exposure to temperatures
around -15°C, in windy conditions. The clutch focus mechanism becomes
too tight, so that the AF motor in the *istD hardly manage to drive
it. Just to check that it was not the batteries acting up, I changed
to FA*400/5.6
On 20 Mar 2006 at 20:53, Jostein wrote:
> Gang,
>
> Just an observation from prolonged camera exposure to temperatures
> around -15°C, in windy conditions. The clutch focus mechanism becomes
> too tight, so that the AF motor in the *istD hardly manage to drive
> it. Just to check that it was n
y low contrast area of the frame (white sky).
Tom C.
From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Cold weather performance of DA 16-45/4
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:50:21 +1000
On 20 Mar 2006 at 20:53, J
- Original Message -
From: "Tom C"
Subject: Re: Cold weather performance of DA 16-45/4
Are your sure it was too tight/cold to be driven? How did it feel by
hand?
I've had my *ist D out skiing and all of the sudden it would not
auto-focus anymore. This was wit
On 20 Mar 2006 at 20:53, Jostein wrote:
> Gang,
>
> Just an observation from prolonged camera exposure to temperatures
> around -150C, in windy conditions. The clutch focus mechanism becomes
> too tight, so that the AF motor in the *istD hardly manage to drive
> it. Just to check that it was not
...mitigated by the fact that my cold weather performance is now
so abysmal that it's very unlikely that I will ever use a camera
outside in cold weather again.
William Robb
--
...and several female Canadian models breathed a sigh of relief.
Joe
rom: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:38 PM
>>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>>Subject: Re: Cold weather performance of DA 16-45/4
>>
>>
>>I continued to use the camera with other lenses for several hours
>>after the
>>
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> >Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
> >To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
> >Subject: Re: Cold weather performance of DA 16-45/4
> >Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:50:21 +1000
> >
> >On 20 Mar 2006 at 20:53, Jostein wrote:
> >
> > >
ble with normal gloves?
>
> greetings
> Markus
>
> >>-Original Message-
> >>From: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:38 PM
> >>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
> >>Subject: Re: Cold weather performanc
Jostein wrote on 21.03.06 12:38:
> Touch wood; my *istD has performed flawlessly all the time since I bought it
> in
> late October 2003. But I'm not impressed with the clutch-focus mechanism in
> the
> 16-45.
Yes, that's ot encouraging for people living in cold countries. But maybe
clutch mechani
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>>Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 4:13 PM
>>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>>Subject: RE: Cold weather performance of DA 16-45/4
>>
>>
>>
>>Hi Markus,
>>
>>Thanks for having so high expectations...:-)
>>Nothing spectac
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