Funny, just like humans. If we get too miserably cold or hot, our circuitry starts malfunctioning as well. In general in the cold I find I start doing stupid things, sort of like there's an open circuit, whereas when I'm hot I'm more likely to short-circuit.
Tom On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Ira H. Bryant IV <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:43:12 -0800 > Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: >> As I've mentioned here, I visit Saskatchewan every winter and always >> try to do a photowalk. I've taken tons of pictures with both my >> *ist-D and K20 at temperatures like -35°C and never had any trouble. >> Normally, electronic circuits work just fine at arbitrarily cold >> temperatures (not necessarily when they get too hot), so I'm wondering >> if there are mechanical issues that could come into play at very cold >> temperatures. Otherwise, why would they provide a low-temperature >> threshold? -T >> > > It's not terribly uncommon for aircraft electronics located outside the cabin > to fail due to a small crack in a wire. On the ground they operate normally, > but up in the air where it is cold they fail due to contraction of the metal, > separating the crack. Such problems can be really hard to diagnose. I imagine > a camera could experience the same problem. > > Ira > > > -- > Ira Bryant > [email protected] > > -- > 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.
