Mike, Minus 25 degrees C? Who picked that time to vacation in Prague? And I thought Europe was warm! Nobody goes out when it's that cold around here, unless it's to sit on a frozen lake and ice fish. (Of course, mass quantities of beer are consumed as antifreeze during these adventures...) Regards, Bob S.
On Nov 16, 2007 4:36 AM, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2007/11/15 Thu PM 06:23:44 GMT > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > Subject: Shooting in low temperature outdoors > > > > Hi there. > > > > 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. > > > > Any hints of practical nature or rules to be observed would be most > > appreciated. > > Others will no dounbt have given you some advice but, particularly for > Prague, watch out for the cathedral if you visit it. When I first went, this > massive building had been sitting for two weeks in minus25 degree > temperatures. The day before I arrived, it warmed up to about freezing. > Walking around inside the cathedral for an hour or so (I had to stop because > I was so cold) I had the spectacle of condensation forming on my lenses as I > walked out into the snow... > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.

