Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in, winter

2013-02-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: Christine Nielsen Thanks, Frank. That doofus in the shorts (!) is my son. And he would be highly offended if he knew you called him a jogger. lol. :) -c He'll grow out of it if he doesn't freeze to death first. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/li

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-13 Thread Mark C
HI Christine - Nice gallery of shots! WRT winter usage of cameras - I always do the zip lock thing when I bring my camera in from a day of snow crystal shooting. In that case the camera has usually been out in the cold for several hours. I do take the card out before I come in, though. I leav

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-13 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks for looking, Steve & thanks for your thoughts. Thanks, too, for the heads up on the Timbuk2 bag... we have several of their messengers & now I see they have the camera insert available to purchase separately... Hmmm... :) -c On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:12 PM, steve harley wrote: > on 2013-

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-13 Thread Christine Nielsen
Alan, That's funny... Nick would be pleased to know that his exploits are entertaining fellow runners in South Africa, is it? It was just a quick sprint up & down the block for the camera -- very chilly, and very messy, out there. :) -c On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Alan Cole wrote: > I po

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-13 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks, Frank. That doofus in the shorts (!) is my son. And he would be highly offended if he knew you called him a jogger. lol. :) -c On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:51 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Nice shots. Sixteen inches, eh? That's about six more.than us. Nice snowfall. > > What's wi

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-13 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks, Bruce. I hadn't even thought about flash...probably because I've really never taken it out in the cold, but I will keep that in mind... On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Great gallery, Christine. > > Yes, I do the camera warmup thing, mainly by leaving it in the clo

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-13 Thread steve harley
on 2013-02-10 21:09 Christine Nielsen wrote http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157632736739251/with/8464137448/ nice little photo essay I learned long ago that it's a good idea, after being out in the cold with your camera, to bag it up in a ziploc & then let it come to room te

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-12 Thread Alan Cole
I posted your image of a runner in the snow at my running club's Valentine function last night. People were amazed considering it was still 30°C in Phalaborwa at 5pm. Many people here have never seen snow or experienced very cold weather. If we ever have snow, it would have to be "Baked Alaska".

RE: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-11 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Nice shots. Sixteen inches, eh? That's about six more.than us. Nice snowfall. What's with the jogger? Not good for the knees to be uncovered like that. ;-) Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Christine Nielsen Sent: February 10, 2013 2/10/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: G

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-11 Thread Bruce Walker
Great gallery, Christine. Yes, I do the camera warmup thing, mainly by leaving it in the closed kit bag for an hour or so. Other non-sealed stuff I put in baggies while they warm up; flashes, etc. Been okay so far. On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > Hi all, > > The past

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-11 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks, Ann! Glad to hear you made it through the storm ok, and that you've been pleasantly occupied with your friend. He picked the right weekend to get out of town! :) -c On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Nice little gallery! beauty, and humor. > In answer to your ques

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Nice little gallery! beauty, and humor. In answer to your question - yup - when it drops below ,um, 45 degrees f at least I always bring a baggie, ziplock or other wise and rubberbands to immediately enclose the camera before going inside - anywhere. Whether or not (no pun) I even shot anythin

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-11 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks, Bob. I'll take extra care at pig roasts! Yes, that's Nick. He had been running on the treadmill indoors, and had just quit & was strutting around the kitchen shirtless, foraging for food, as is his usual m.o. I dared him to run outside like that, and he took off... He ran up & down the

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-11 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks Paul, David & David... I am comforted to know that you haven't had any issues, especially since I only sporadically follow that recommendation. I usually do something like Davids described, leaving it in the camera bag for a while to acclimate... conditions inside my house are usually lik

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
Christine, I used to see the condensation problem with the PZ-1 and mechanical cameras. After getting the mirror, back of the lens, and prism wet, I was more careful. (bag it) The only real problem I had was with a new PZ-1 at a pig roast. The electronics died after shooting 30 minutes in the hot s

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-11 Thread David J Brooks
If its really cold, i will wrap the unit in a towel and bring it inside, slowly opening the towel over several hours. If it like this past weekend, -10C or so, i just bring it in and keep it by one of my drafty windows Dave On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > Hi all, >

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-11 Thread David Parsons
Like Paul, I've only had a problem going from a heavily AC'd hotel room to very hot and humid outside (Aruba, any time of the year). It doesn't really matter if the camera is sealed or not, because the internals aren't filled with inert, dry gasses, they are filled with ambient air that is locked

Re: GESO: Blizzard at my house & a question re: cameras in winter

2013-02-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
I've never done that, and haven't had a problem with corrosion. I find the worst case for condensation is going from an air conditioned house to outdoors on a hot humid summer day. Coming indoors in the winter results in only mild condensation, if any, since indoor air is dry. I'm sure having a