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Operating camera in low temperature conditions

Started Nov 29, 2016 | Discussions thread
Corkcampbell
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I bought my first weather-protected camera (RX10) about...

I bought my first weather-protected camera RX10 when it came out, but it wasn't the one used in most of the worst conditions (South Dakota blizzard) because those happened earlier. I used it in windy/frigid/snowy conditions in Korean mountains and it was fine. Those were school field trips (ice festivals, sledding, tobagganing, etc.) and it was so cold up there that after about twenty minutes everyone would go stand around a fire.

I had a GH3 which was weather-protected but my lenses weren't. I replaced it with a GH4 (this month) and now have two WP zooms.

I do a lot of video, so the small batteries in the RX10 (and RX10III) don't last long in such conditions - maybe 30 minutes, but the batteries for the GH3/4 are huge and I have the grip for those cameras.

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