Hi Markus, Thanks for having so high expectations...:-) Nothing spectacular this time, I think. Here's one: http://www.oksne.net/paw/finseIMGP9955.html
When doing cross country skiing I usually wear some thin leather gloves, no thicker than ordinary gardening gloves. Moving keeps you warm. I keep a pair of insulated gloves in the backpack, to use when stopping for more than a couple of minutes. I suppose that's what you think about as "normal gloves". I think normal gloves are ok, but they should have leather on the fingertips to improve the grip on the camera controls. Jostein Quoting Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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. > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
