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Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:38 PM
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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
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
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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
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 mechanism
: 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 spectacular this time, I think. Here's one:
http://www.oksne.net/paw/finseIMGP9955.html
When doing cross country skiing I
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
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
contrast area of the frame (white sky).
Tom C.
From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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
- 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 with the FA 31/1.8
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 the
...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
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