Thanks, Ann! Glad to hear you made it through the storm ok, and that you've been pleasantly occupied with your friend. He picked the right weekend to get out of town!
:) -c On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice little gallery! beauty, and humor. > In answer to your question - yup - when it drops below ,um, 45 degrees f at > least I always bring a baggie, ziplock or other wise and rubberbands to > immediately enclose the camera before going inside - anywhere. Whether or > not (no pun) I even shot anything or plan to > remove the card. Got in that habit with film cameras and anything that would > be affected by condensation I'd say should be treated that way. > > I had my friend from Ipswich visiting here since last Wed. He was supposed > to leave Sunday morning but happily the Megabus was cancelled so I had him > for another day :-). > > Part of his visit was work related but that didn't take a lot of his time. > > Minor downside was I didn't get to Tompkins square park in the best > light for snaps.. and here , right in Manhattan, we basically dodged > a bullet on this storm - snow practically gone already from my neighborhood. > > ann > > > > > On 2/10/2013 23:09, Christine Nielsen wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> The past few days have provided a nice break in the usual action >> around here. I took the camera out yesterday, along with my shovel, >> thinking I'd get a few neighborhood scenes... Well, it was harder than >> I thought it would be, just getting out of my own yard... though I did >> consider strapping some tennis rackets to my boots as snowshoes... >> >> Anyway, a few shots here: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157632736739251/with/8464137448/ >> >> Now for my question... >> I learned long ago that it's a good idea, after being out in the cold >> with your camera, to bag it up in a ziploc & then let it come to room >> temp for a couple of hours before using/retrieving sd card, etc. All >> in the name of preventing condensation/moisture from getting into the >> camera & messing with the electronics, etc.. Here's what I wonder: >> 1) How many of you do this? >> 2) For a weatherproof camera, like the k-5, is this "less necessary"? >> Especially when combined with a WR lens...? >> >> Thanks for your thoughts... >> :) >> -c >> > > -- > 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.
