On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Ken Lin wrote:
> > > You may want to keep the camera under your coat to keep the battery from
> > > loosing its' efficiency, especially if you are not using a power
> booster.
> >
> > Ah, no use. It's just a large hassle to try something like that when it's
> > cold. You'll just freeze yourself. And even if the camera would be kept a
> > bit warmed under you coat, you'll then probably just get some fogging
> > problems.
>
> I was out hiking a couple of weeks ago here in north of Toronto area
> (probably not as cold as Helsinki, but still pretty cold) for 4 hours, and
> had my camera under my coat. I took shots along the hike and never had any
> problems, plus I figure if I somehow do trip and fall the camera is
> partially protected.
Yes, protecting the camera is still something one doesn't want to forget.
I just put it in the camera bag... which after a few changes (lens,
camera, film ... what ever) in very cold gets quite cold inside too. After
I come in from extreme low temperatures I keep the camera bag closed for a
long time.
> BTW, fogging (condensation) problem would occur if the camera went from cold
> to a warm and higher humidity environment, not the other way around (i.e.
> inside of coat to outside of coat).
Well, yes... I was thinking that this could happen when you put the camera
again inside your coat after shooting for a while (thus getting the camera
cold). But I don't think there are any rules here. One must do what seems
the best for them. After all Canon probably doesn't want us using the EOS
cameras in such conditions anyways.
I've used both my EOS 50e and now the EOS 3 in very cold conditions (less
then -20...-25 degrees Celsius) but admitedly not for longer than 2-3
hours. But so far I've never had any other problems - except running out
of batteries. BTW, the anti-fog eyepiece is great and really works.
Best regards,
Hugo.
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