> > On 20 Sep 02 at 0:26, Neil K. wrote:
> >
> > > WORKING CONDITIONS
> > >
> > > Working temperature range
> > > 0 - 45�C / 32 - 113�F
> >
> > Once again a digicam that doesn't work below zero Celsius....mind
> > boggling that I have yet to see the first report that mentions this
> 
> Mind boggling indeed... specially when you think that CCD's (I quite sure
> the same applies to CMOS too) work much better in the low temperatures. And
> with low, I don't mean -20 degrees Celsius, but extreme temperatures
> like -100 to -200 and such... the noise for instance virtually disappears
> and so on. And of course, if the mechanical cameras can go way below 0
> degrees... what is then the problem? I don't think it's the power supply
> either, or is it? Should not be the memory cards either - but perhaps the
> microdrives can not operate reliably below 0 degrees?
> 
> Best regards,
>  Hugo

It's not the camera, it's the memory cards.  This was discussed a few months ago on a 
different forum.

Ray Amos
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