William: Big thanks for that. I'm glad you told me about the LX & K1000 because if something like that happens w/K10D I won't immediately start to panic. I'll let it warm up first--then panic, if necessary. Do you use that zip-lock plastic bag trick to avoid condensation when coming in from the outside, especially in really cold temps? And by the by, those are 2 handsome looking dogs. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:37 AM Subject: Re: Another Foot of Snow ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Aguila" Subject: Re: Another Foot of Snow > Paul: Lovely as usual. Hey, what's the temp by you? Very cold this > morning here in Chicago. I just got back from moving my car. Paul, the > manual for the K10D says temp range 32 - 100 something. What's the lowest > temp you'd take your K10D out? I've used the K10 in temperatures well below what the manual says is OK. This series of pictures was shot on a fairly maild day for around here, probably in the -20°C range. I that is about 0°F. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/fellas/page1/page1.html The manual is very conservative regarding the working temperature, and I have discovered that if you take a camera out and use it in extremely cold weather, all that happens is it quits working until it warms up. I was using an LX and K1000 in -40° weather, and I decided to work them until they died. The batteries in the LX went down after about an hour, the shutter froze part way open on the K1000 shortly thereafter, and the film snapped in the LX somewhat after that. There was no damage to the equipment, after they warmed up, everything was fine. William Robb -- 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.
