Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are right that it gets VERY dry here. At -30 C, forecast for Saturday night, there is no humidity. Any moisture freezes out as ice crystals. Sun dogs and even moon dogs being the order of the day/night. Now having said that, I have never heard of any problems related to static electricity. I take the usual precautions and manually rewind my film or at least I used to when I had a motorised rewind. Today's electronics seem to be very well shielded and the local camera shops have reported few problems. It helps that the new cameras are largely shelled with non-metallic composite materials. Batteries and meters are another matter entirely. I have always wanted to try the old Nikon "cold" pack for the F3 on my M. Anyone out there know if the battery compartment thread is the same between an M and a F3? This will be my TTL's first winter and I am curious to see how it does now that I have the apple juice cleaned out of the shutter release. There are benefits to this seasonal madness. Sunrise and sunsets are now conveniently taking place in mid morning and mid afternoon, no more missed meals getting the perfect light. Not much of a sunrise/set person myself but my fellow photographers all appreciate the extra calories. The sun also stays fairly low in the sky giving pretty nice light all day and no harsh noon shadows. The snow acts as a wonderful fill, lighting the eye sockets without flash. In Edmonton we get less total daylight time but most of that is sunshine, none of that nasty endless heavy overcast Ted, Tom and Henning get on the coast. Yuck :-). Cheers, John Collier > From: Ray Moth <ray_moth@yahoo.com> > > John Collier wrote: > > It is a great place to live! We range in temperatures from 37 degrees C > > in summer down to -50 degrees C occasionally (depends if you are in the > > city or in the outskirts). (snip) > ====================================================================== > John, I imagine the build-up of static electricity in that kind of > climate could be a problem with some cameras. Any comment? > > Regards, > > ===== > Ray > > "The trouble with resisting temptation is > you never know when you'll get another chance!" > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/