Hi Jostein We can expect some more spectacular PESO from the very cold from you then? How do you protect your hands, my metal lenses and bodies are getting very cold after some time but I do not feel comfortable 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 performance of DA 16-45/4 >> >> >>I continued to use the camera with other lenses for several hours >>after the >>16-45 stopped working, so I'm pretty sure the camera did not have >>any problems. >>Light conditions were continuously bright and high-contrast. I >>also used the >>16-45 on manual focus a couple of times, since it was the only >>wide-angle in my >>bag that day, and the ring required a lot more force to turn. I >>also checked the >>lens after re-acclimatising to room temperature, and it then performed >>normally. >> >>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. >> >>Jostein >> >>Quoting Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> 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 with the FA 31/1.8. It would occasionaly >>hunt, but most >>> time it would appear to not even attempt to AF. I switched >>lenses and it >>> appeared to be OK, but 15 minutes later I had the same problem. >>> >>> It turned out that, again, the AF point selector switch had been >>> accidentally bumped to allow the camera to choose the AF point, not the >>> center point. So the camera was continually attempting to >>focus using a >>> very 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, 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 not the batteries acting up, I changed >>> > > to FA*400/5.6 and Sigma EX 70-200/2.8. The AF responded swiftly and >>> > > without problems with both lenses. Considering that I've >>never had to >>> > > touch up the focus manually while working with AF, the clutch-focus >>> > > mechanism is suddenly a feature I wish I didn't have. >>> > >>> >Very interesting, not that I expect that I'll ever have to >>endure such lack >>> >>> >of >>> >heat :-) >>> > >>> > >>> >Rob Studdert >>> >HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA >>> >Tel +61-2-9554-4110 >>> >UTC(GMT) +10 Hours >>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ >>> >Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------- >>This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >>
