Hi Jostein I have seen that one and do like it.The shiny ice crystals look special. Maybe I would lighten the face of the man a bit. What about some more landscapes from your "Norwegian forest strolls"?
greetings Markus >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 4:13 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: RE: Cold weather performance of DA 16-45/4 >> >> >> >>Hi Markus, >> >>Thanks for having so high expectations...:-) >>Nothing spectacular this time, I think. Here's one: >>http://www.oksne.net/paw/finseIMGP9955.html >> >>When doing cross country skiing I usually wear some thin leather >>gloves, no >>thicker than ordinary gardening gloves. Moving keeps you warm. I >>keep a pair of >>insulated gloves in the backpack, to use when stopping for more >>than a couple of >>minutes. I suppose that's what you think about as "normal gloves". I think >>normal gloves are ok, but they should have leather on the >>fingertips to improve >>the grip on the camera controls. >> >>Jostein >> >> >> >> >>Quoting Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> Hi Jostein >>> We can expect some more spectacular PESO from the very cold >>from you then? >>> How do you protect your hands, my metal lenses and bodies are >>getting very >>> cold after some time but I do not feel comfortable with normal gloves? >>> >>> greetings >>> Markus >>> >>> >>-----Original Message----- >>> >>From: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:38 PM >>> >>To: [email protected] >>> >>Subject: Re: Cold weather performance of DA 16-45/4 >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>I continued to use the camera with other lenses for several hours >>> >>after the >>> >>16-45 stopped working, so I'm pretty sure the camera did not have >>> >>any problems. >>> >>Light conditions were continuously bright and high-contrast. I >>> >>also used the >>> >>16-45 on manual focus a couple of times, since it was the only >>> >>wide-angle in my >>> >>bag that day, and the ring required a lot more force to turn. I >>> >>also checked the >>> >>lens after re-acclimatising to room temperature, and it then performed >>> >>normally. >>> >> >>> >>Touch wood; my *istD has performed flawlessly all the time since >>> >>I bought it in >>> >>late October 2003. But I'm not impressed with the clutch-focus >>> >>mechanism in the >>> >>16-45. >>> >> >>> >>Jostein >>> >> >>> >>Quoting Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >> >>> >>> Are your sure it was too tight/cold to be driven? How did it >>> >>feel by hand? >>> >>> >>> >>> I've had my *ist D out skiing and all of the sudden it would >>> >>not auto-focus >>> >>> anymore. This was with the FA 31/1.8. It would occasionaly >>> >>hunt, but most >>> >>> time it would appear to not even attempt to AF. I switched >>> >>lenses and it >>> >>> appeared to be OK, but 15 minutes later I had the same problem. >>> >>> >>> >>> It turned out that, again, the AF point selector switch had been >>> >>> accidentally bumped to allow the camera to choose the AF >>point, not the >>> >>> center point. So the camera was continually attempting to >>> >>focus using a >>> >>> very low contrast area of the frame (white sky). >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Tom C. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> >Reply-To: [email protected] >>> >>> >To: [email protected] >>> >>> >Subject: Re: Cold weather performance of DA 16-45/4 >>> >>> >Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:50:21 +1000 >>> >>> > >>> >>> >On 20 Mar 2006 at 20:53, Jostein wrote: >>> >>> > >>> >>> > > Gang, >>> >>> > > >>> >>> > > Just an observation from prolonged camera exposure to >>temperatures >>> >>> > > around -15°C, in windy conditions. The clutch focus >>> >>mechanism becomes >>> >>> > > too tight, so that the AF motor in the *istD hardly >>manage to drive >>> >>> > > it. Just to check that it was not the batteries acting >>up, I changed >>> >>> > > to FA*400/5.6 and Sigma EX 70-200/2.8. The AF responded >>swiftly and >>> >>> > > without problems with both lenses. Considering that I've >>> >>never had to >>> >>> > > touch up the focus manually while working with AF, the >>clutch-focus >>> >>> > > mechanism is suddenly a feature I wish I didn't have. >>> >>> > >>> >>> >Very interesting, not that I expect that I'll ever have to >>> >>endure such lack >>> >>> >>> >>> >of >>> >>> >heat :-) >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> >Rob Studdert >>> >>> >HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA >>> >>> >Tel +61-2-9554-4110 >>> >>> >UTC(GMT) +10 Hours >>> >>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ >>> >>> >Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>---------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >>> >> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------- >>This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >>
