----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Owens" Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 4:42 PM Subject: Re:
> > I think it was -46� up in the Wollaston Lakes region (that would > > be northern Saskatchewan). > > > > That's the temp where C and F are the same! Not quite. -40 is where the two meet. -46�C is -51�F. That is quite cold. Shortly after taking delivery of my original LX and K1000, I decided to go for a walk with them. Nothing unusual there, but it was Christmas day, and it was -47�C. I decided to go out and see if I could freeze them up. I wandered about for almost three hours, with the cameras hanging out in the cold the entire time. The K1000 meter quit after about an hour, but the shutter kept working for another half hour, though it was definitely sounding slow at the end. Finally the shutter froze up completly. The LX LED's conked out shortly after the k1000 meter crapped out, but the auto exposure kept working. Finally the batteries gave out at about an hour and three quarters, and the shutter would only work at the higher speeds. I gave up at two and a half hours and went home. The LX shutter never did freeze up. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
