> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 20:34:17 +0100 > From: "Willem-Jan Markerink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Digicams below zero Celsius (was: EOS Alleged 1Ds specs > >>Working temperature range >>0 - 45=B0C / 32 - 113=B0F
> Once again a digicam that doesn't work below zero Celsius.... Officially, yes. > (this is CCD/CMOS-related AFAIK; for digicam's with Li-Ion battery > even the power supply itself will prevent any operation below 0C) I have operated the D30 at minus twenty degrees with my gloved hand being the only heating provided to it. Carried the camera on the strap over the shoulder in the cold and managed to take almost 500 pictures with it. Yes, it was damn cold, beer foam froze within two minutes, and even champagne built up ice very fast. I will try that with the D60 this year.... Michael Quack * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
