My guess is that there are two issues:

  * LCD screens perform poorly in cold (become sluggish) and in heat (become 
black/washed out).
  * NiMH batteries perform poorly in the cold, worse than Lithium or Lithium-Ion

So in the cold, you might have to change batteries more often and can't 
depend on the LCD panel to update quickly; in the heat the LCD panel might 
wash out a bit. Nothing that will damage your camera or degrade your 
images, but Canon is conservative and likes to give "ideal" working 
conditions -- i.e., when the camera is working 100%.

Karen



At 4:17 PM +0100 5/15/02, Richard Dibley wrote:
>I note from the specs given for the D60 on Canon's UK website that the
>operating temperature range is from 0 to 40 degrees Celsius.  Can anyone
>tell me why the range does not extend below freezing?  I am thinking
>about a D60 to supplement my EOS50E but I often shoot in the mountains
>in winter so the ability to operate well below zero is important to me.
>Any experiences of using the D60 below freezing?
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