On 15/11/07, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: >It turns out that I have my tickets for Prague next weekend. I am going >to take my K10D, DA 21 and FA 43 lenses. The main issue that still >remains to be resolved is that of taking the lenses and the camera back >and forth between indoors (warm?!) and outdoors (cold?!). I've no >experience with this kind of shooting whatsoever.
Boris, get some sturdy pastic bags that zip shut tight - better, 2 bags for each article. If shooting outdoors then (say) going into a warm cafe for lunch, place camera/lens, and any other lenses in the pastic bags and seal them tight before going in a building. If you're going to shoot indoors, allow a good 20 mins to 30 mins for the gear to warm up. Tip - remove lenses from camera bag as the bag will act like a bit of an insulator. Only remove gear from bags when sure they have warmed up. Your worst nightmare is condensation within the lens. Zooms are notorious for this. If just popping in for lunch, leave them in the placcy bags until outside again. I come across this problem constantly in TV. It'll be 5 deg C below outside and I'll be filming all morning, then the next job turns out to be in a swimming pool. Nothing for it, the camera goes into the pool area and I go for lunch. It can take up to an hour in those circumstances. I carry a professional hair dryer as sometimes there is a time constraint and the indoor shoot needs to be quick. But you can only hurry science along so much... Keep any batteries warm. That means in a trouser pocket. Cold batteries are next to useless. Otherwise, not much to go wrong. I've probably forgotten something but others will chirp in. Have a good trip! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
