I have an EOS-1Ds, not a 20D so excuse me if I am ignorant regarding the memory card type used in your camera. That said, do NOT use micro-drives. The heads depend on a cushion of air to keep them floating above the disk. At high altitudes they will "crash."
John Lovda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: EOS dSLRs and mountaineering > > Hi, > > I'm about to embark on a moutaineering holiday in > the French/Italian > > Alps. Can anyone give me any hints or tips on the > best way to take care > > of my 20D? > > Obviously, I'll try to keep it dry and protect if > from the extremes of > > temperature (out of the sun in the day, inside the > tent at night), and > > try to keep the batteries warmer. But I'd imagine > that most of the kits > > will be at subzero temperatures for most of the > time. > > I'm not loving the prospect of lugging 1.5kg of > non essential kit up > > and down 4,000m peaks, but the quality of the few > photos[1] I got last > > April convinced me to make room for the extra > weight this year. > > Regards, > > Richard Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
