[Leica] 8 Gig cards? M8?

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)]

My ?M8 seems to like cold weather just fine, -15 F to -20 F with no 
problems. ?Batteries, all hate cold, no matter who makes them. ?Keep them 
close to body and they work just fine.


Gene? -------------- Original message from Thein Onn Ming <mingthein at 
gmail.com>: --------------


> No problems in keeping your film cold there...
> 
> 16 gig cards would have been great, but you'd probably be carrying  
> hundreds of batteries instead. I don't think the M8 does that well in  
> cold weather. Even the D3's spectacular battery life is cut to about  
> 30% in very cold conditions.
> 
> On Jun 6, 2009, at 12:32 AM, Ted Grant wrote:
> 
> > Hi Crew,
> >
> > Given the many messages wondering how one would fill an 8 gig card  
> > even in
> > weeks of shooting?
> >
> >
> >
> > To be fair I should offer the why I wished digital and 8 gig cards  
> > or bigger
> > were available 45-50 year ago.
> >
> > When assigned to shoot in the High Arctic of Canada during the  
> > yearly ship
> > convoy re-supply of Arctic weather and radar stations it was  
> > necessary to
> > take all your film, several times a1000 36 exp rolls. Your days  
> > were endless
> > because in many cases the work was 24 hours a day of landing craft,
> > helicopters and trucks on land. The sun never set! It was easy to  
> > keep going
> > because the sun was shining, so you never related to going to bed.  
> > Actually
> > I had occasions to shoot for three days straight with only sit  
> > downs to eat,
> > that was it. However when you did crash, trust me you really  
> > crashed in very
> > deep sleep for 24 hours or more.
> >
> >
> >
> > But it is situations like this where 8 - 16 - 32 whatever size  
> > biggie cards
> > would've been an advantage instead of pockets and pockets of film.
> >
> > So some of you lads who've never worked on indepth assignments of this
> > nature, I can understand your wondering how long it would take to  
> > fill even
> > an 8 gig? But when you're in the middle of a massive unloading of  
> > ships,
> > hopping into a helicopter out to the ships to capture the  
> > activities there,
> > flight back to shore, next trip on a landing craft. You are burning  
> > images
> > like a hail storm there's so much going on all around you and it never
> > stops!
> >
> >
> >
> > And repeat this scenario several times during a 6 week trip  
> > crashing and
> > breaking through the ice of the Arctic Ocean to various bases. And  
> > finish
> > one trip with a flight to the North Pole. Trust me that's one place  
> > you do
> > not want to run out of film! ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> > Dr. ted
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> THEIN Onn Ming
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