I spent 11 days in Denali N. P., Alaska with my *ist D in August/September04, using Nimh AA batteries. During the days the temperatures ranged from the low 20's to the mid 50's, we had snow/rain several days. I never experienced any issues with my camera & I didn't do anything different with the camera than I would normally do. That is I kept it in my pack when I wasn't using it, kept it as dry as I could (covered it with an athletic towel when using it in the rain/snow & toweled it off when returning to the pack) when it was raining/snowing & kept a spare set of batteries with me. IIRC, during one sequence of shooting I got around 900 images before I needed to change batteries
Nothing different than using my other Pentax bodies. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Into the Cold > If it's really cold, I'll acclimate the camera before taking it out into > the environment, (sealed zip lock bag), and the same returning to room > temperature. Switch from NiHM to Lithium, since the Li batteries seem > to work better in the cold. That's about it. > > Mark Dalal wrote: >> Hey Folks, >> >> Mark and Paul's winter shots have prompted me to look at my shooting >> habits. >> I've been a bit reticent to take my *istDs out into the cold. For those >> situations, I'll use my film camera. >> >> What do you all do in order to prep your camera for the cold? Any >> differences in battery life? Any tips are appreciated. >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> > > > -- > -- > > The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. > -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
