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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 50: Nasty weather and magic
From: nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue Dec 20 21:14:23 2005
References: <200512201927.jBKJRULf099573@server1.waverley.reid.org> <43A85F52.8080508@concentric.net>

Bob,

As Don explained, the Canon 1-series bodies are meant for shooting in 
adverse conditions, both in terms of humidity and temperature. I live in 
a place which provides plenty of opportunity for humidity but less so 
for real cold temperature--it rarely gets much below freezing here. I 
would imagine the main issue would be that at some point the battery 
would give up, but I assume it would have to be seriously cold for that 
to happen. Perhaps I will have a chance to test cold-weather performance 
when I am in Poland the next couple of weeks--2 years ago it did get 
down to about -18C (0F) there, and the battery on my Leica M6 stopped 
working.

As I do on all longer vacations, I will take the Leica CL with me as a 
backup.

Nathan

Robert D. Baron wrote:

> Nathan writes:
> 
>> The camera is a Canon 1D Mark II. One of the reasons I bought it (had 
>> a Canon 20D before) was that it is designed to be used in muggy 
>> environments--it has good weather sealing, and so do most of the Canon 
>> L lenses. I have used it in pretty heavy rain, and the weather sealing 
>> definitely works. The only ill effect have been the rain drops on the 
>> glass, because I hate the huge Canon lens hoods and leave them at home 
>> most of the time.
> 
> 
> Thanks, Nathan.  I also recall - but I can't quickly find it - a recent 
> discussion - and maybe Ted chimed in - about the need to put cameras 
> (and particularly digitals with their complex electronics) into a 
> plastic bag before going back into a heated environment from the cold, 
> to protect against condensation on all the chips and such.  I gather you 
> haven't seen that problem; perhaps because although you have snow it is 
> not cold enough to be a problem.
> 
> --Bob
> 
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