Re: Temperature specs

2009-10-08 Thread P. J. Alling
Bob W wrote: Tim Bray wrote: OK, it's a small thing. But every time I read a K-7 review they exclaim about "Good to -10°C! Hooray!" My K20 seems to work fine for the best part of an hour at a time below -30°, e.g. http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/02/06/2008-12-23

Re: Temperature specs

2009-10-08 Thread Tom C
I'd be more worried about leaving it in a hot car for hours on end than cold. That's when my *ist D decided to act up for a while. On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Bob W wrote: >> Tim Bray wrote: >> > OK, it's a small thing.  But every time I read a K-7 review they >> > exclaim about "Good to -10

RE: Temperature specs

2009-10-08 Thread Bob W
> Tim Bray wrote: > > OK, it's a small thing. But every time I read a K-7 review they > > exclaim about "Good to -10°C! Hooray!" My K20 seems to > work fine for > > the best part of an hour at a time below -30°, e.g. > > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/02/06/2008-12-23 > > > > I'll

Re: Temperature specs

2009-10-08 Thread P. J. Alling
Tim Bray wrote: OK, it's a small thing. But every time I read a K-7 review they exclaim about "Good to -10°C! Hooray!" My K20 seems to work fine for the best part of an hour at a time below -30°, e.g. http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/02/06/2008-12-23 I'll be going to Saskatchewan ag

Re: Temperature specs

2009-10-08 Thread Thibouille
The difference that Pentax is confident and advertises the fact thzat the camera can shoot happily at -10°C. I suppose you can be even more confident the K-7 will be able to, maybe showing less autonomy problems (due to battery being too cold). On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Tim Bray wrote: > OK

Re: Temperature specs

2009-10-07 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:36:35 -0700 Tim Bray wrote: > I'll be going to Saskatchewan again around Christmas. Should I worry > about walking around with the camera when it's really-Prairie-cold? both the k10 and k20 manage toon town winters fine. -- "Love" is that condition in which the happines