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I got back from a trip out west to visit family, and we took a trip to Yellowstone national park, and I also shot around Utah on Antelope Island. What a great trip! Anyway, before I left I asked here about weather sealing and cold weather. The 100-400 unsealed lens went along with me, and performed flawlessly. I also had my brother's 16-35L and 70-200L IS at my convenience as he let me borrow them, although my 100-400 was my main lens. The couple of times I borrowed the "weather sealed" lenses I did get bits of water on the lens and camera, but with no problems whatsoever. Weather sealing would be nice, but I found that just a little caution kept my non-sealed lenses operating just fine.

The first morning in Yellowstone was reported to be minus 14 degrees- enough to freeze my watering eyes to the viewfinder a few times, and in Yellowstone the steam makes ice crystals form on everything! I was a little worried about the shutter mechanism freezing up, but fortunately that wasn't a problem. I was careful to put the camera and lenses in plastic sack upon warming them up. I am very pleased with the 100-400's performance on the 1D- it is extremely sharp, and I found myself getting comfortable with its design.

Here is a gallery of images from Yellowstone and Antelope Island, generated in Breezebrowser: http://www.vistablue.net/Winter/index.htm

It is a little slow in loading, so if you don't have fast internet, you might not want to open the link!

Anyways, like I said, it was a great trip. Thanks for your advice before I left!

-Ken
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http://www.vistablue.net
http://www.pbase.com/mistereman
 
Kudos on some spectacular photos. It certainly makes me want to get out there and experience such great scenery. Of course, I'd like to borrow your lenses too, along with your brothers. :-)

Again, great photos, great composition and keep up the good work.

Toby Joy

PS. I've had my D30 out in some cold stuff with no problems as well.
 
One of the things that has kept me from buying is that Canon says the operating range is only 32 - 113 F. That's not practical in Minnesota or out West in Winter.

What's the real scoop and why do they have these restrive limits? Will cold damage the camera?
--
Bill Gilbertson - Still lusting for a digital SLR.
 
Beautiful photos. They sure make you believe it was -14.

Jim
Ken T said:
I got back from a trip out west to visit family, and we took a trip
to Yellowstone national park, and I also shot around Utah on
Antelope Island. What a great trip! Anyway, before I left I asked
here about weather sealing and cold weather. The 100-400 unsealed
lens went along with me, and performed flawlessly. I also had my
brother's 16-35L and 70-200L IS at my convenience as he let me
borrow them, although my 100-400 was my main lens. The couple of
times I borrowed the "weather sealed" lenses I did get bits of
water on the lens and camera, but with no problems whatsoever.
Weather sealing would be nice, but I found that just a little
caution kept my non-sealed lenses operating just fine.

The first morning in Yellowstone was reported to be minus 14
degrees- enough to freeze my watering eyes to the viewfinder a few
times, and in Yellowstone the steam makes ice crystals form on
everything! I was a little worried about the shutter mechanism
freezing up, but fortunately that wasn't a problem. I was careful
to put the camera and lenses in plastic sack upon warming them up.
I am very pleased with the 100-400's performance on the 1D- it is
extremely sharp, and I found myself getting comfortable with its
design.

Here is a gallery of images from Yellowstone and Antelope Island,
generated in Breezebrowser:
http://www.vistablue.net/Winter/index.htm
It is a little slow in loading, so if you don't have fast internet,
you might not want to open the link!

Anyways, like I said, it was a great trip. Thanks for your advice
before I left!

-Ken
--
http://www.vistablue.net
http://www.pbase.com/mistereman
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Canon 1D
 
CF cards won't work properly if chilled. The camera itself is probably good for a much lower temperature. I know that I've shot below 30 degrees with a MicroDrive and a 1D (and I mean CAMERA temperature!)
KP
BillG said:
One of the things that has kept me from buying is that Canon says
the operating range is only 32 - 113 F. That's not practical in
Minnesota or out West in Winter.

What's the real scoop and why do they have these restrive limits?
Will cold damage the camera?
--
Bill Gilbertson - Still lusting for a digital SLR.
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--

A couple of Canon DSLRs, a nice off-white lens and some red-stripe lenses and one with a gold stripe, some misc. accessories including various photon ejectors and paper holders. A ton of film equipment from 35mm to 4 x 5. A minivan and a Fender Stratocaster. A three bedroom ranch on an acre. Also, absolutely no Canon 1200mm f/5.6.
 
Why would CF be affected by low temperature?

I've never noticed that as a problem at extreme temperatures. However, although I do not own one, I doubt a microdrive would works at such a low temperature.

The only problem I've noticed with my D30 is poor battery performance (you really need at least two so you can warm one while using the other), and also the LCD gets very weak at temperatures around -30C (-20F).

No problems with my lenses (as long as you do not breath on them).
Fingers are a different story though.

Regards

Tony C
Ken Phillips said:
BillG said:
One of the things that has kept me from buying is that Canon says
the operating range is only 32 - 113 F. That's not practical in
Minnesota or out West in Winter.

What's the real scoop and why do they have these restrive limits?
Will cold damage the camera?
--
Bill Gilbertson - Still lusting for a digital SLR.
Click to expand...
--
A couple of Canon DSLRs, a nice off-white lens and some red-stripe
lenses and one with a gold stripe, some misc. accessories including
various photon ejectors and paper holders. A ton of film equipment
from 35mm to 4 x 5. A minivan and a Fender Stratocaster. A three
bedroom ranch on an acre. Also, absolutely no Canon 1200mm f/5.6.
Click to expand...
 
Tim Gray said:
Keep your fingers warm?
How was battery performance?

Nice shots!
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Hi Tim,

I kept my fingers warm wearing these tight-fitting suede gloves They allowed very good manipulation of the controls. When I wasn't shooting I scrunched my fingers together inside the gloves to get them warm again.

The battery life wasn't bad, but a full day of shooting in the cold required both of my batteries I had on hand.

-Ken
--
http://www.vistablue.net
http://www.pbase.com/mistereman
 
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