Low noise with the Sony A900

Alpha sniper · Jan 5, 2012

I took these photos with a Sony A900, these were both 30 sec exposures

Archer66 · Jan 5, 2012

2nd pic, just WOW.

Alpha sniper · Jan 6, 2012

thanx, yes that is an awesome subject to photograph, but the conditions is a bit harsh, -14c your batteries last for about 20min fully charged, luckily i had lots of batteries with me. can you imagine the effect that temperature have on your bare hand when operating your camera because you cannot do it with cloves on

dennismullen · Jan 6, 2012

Wonderful pictures! The second one is incredible.

The A900 is a very robust camera. My A65 slows down after being out on a tripod for several hours in 20 degree F weather.

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Amateur Sony Shooter · Jan 6, 2012

Awesome pictures! Where is the location?

Alpha sniper · Jan 6, 2012

that was taken in Saariselka at the Kakslautenan Hotel , Finland. About 300km from the North Pole

JasperD · Jan 6, 2012

Truly stunning, very impressive, both of them!

Alpha sniper · Jan 6, 2012

Its amazing what technology do in this sort of weather, my cellphone refused to work, my GPS did not work my laptop gave me endless problems and my body slowed down and shrink in some sensitive areas ,......but the A900 was gr8, i had it out for hours on end and never had a problem with slowing down or any technical problems, the other people that was there had problems with their gear, but they did not use Sony.

Alpha sniper · Jan 6, 2012

Thanx Jasper

Amateur Sony Shooter · Jan 6, 2012

WOW only 300KM from north pole. Sony should hire you for their A900 dependability TV commercial.

Archer66 · Jan 6, 2012

Alpha sniper said:
that was taken in Saariselka at the Kakslautenan Hotel , Finland. About 300km from the North Pole

Small correction, it's Kakslauttanen Hotel

About battery life, are you sure that your battery is ok ?

Last winter I was shooting at a long distance ski competion, took some 700 pics with my A850 during the day ( -20C ) and battery had still 30% charge after that.

Alpha sniper · Jan 6, 2012

LOL IMHO i think that next time if i tackle that weather i will prepare better, at least 2 sets of thermal underwaer

Alpha sniper · Jan 6, 2012

Hey with a name like that im impressed I made so little mistakes, regarding the battery life, remember i only took 30sec exp shots and that is have on your battery, so its 30sec's for the pic and 30 sec's for the processing, but i have learned later that if you keep the spare batteries in your pocket close to your body they last longer

Archer66 · Jan 6, 2012

Alpha sniper said:
Hey with a name like that im impressed I made so little mistakes

Lol, yeah its hard even for us.

Alpha sniper said:
regarding the battery life, remember i only took 30sec exp shots and that is have on your battery, so its 30sec's for the pic and 30 sec's for the processing,

Good point.

Alpha sniper said:
but i have learned later that if you keep the spare batteries in your pocket close to your body they last longer

Yes.

Alpha sniper · Jan 6, 2012

BTW in -20c have you checked all your body parts...everything still there LOL

moimoi · Jan 6, 2012

Alpha sniper said:
thanx, yes that is an awesome subject to photograph, but the conditions is a bit harsh, -14c your batteries last for about 20min fully charged, luckily i had lots of batteries with me. can you imagine the effect that temperature have on your bare hand when operating your camera because you cannot do it with cloves on

A very fine set of photos. Pre-warming the batteries would have certainly help. Any way you may have insulated the batteries in a rather warm environment prior to the shooting?

Alpha sniper · Jan 6, 2012

Thanx, yes i have learned a lot about low temperatures and technology

BMWX5 · Jan 6, 2012

Awesome photos. What's inside the "igloo"?

Alpha sniper said:
I took these photos with a Sony A900, these were both 30 sec exposures

stan_pustylnik · Jan 6, 2012

But with risk of shrinking some sensitive parts of body even more!!!! Ahahahah

Nice photos!

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Alpha sniper · Jan 6, 2012

lol thanx

Low noise with the Sony A900

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