Observations at -27C/-16.6F

GerryDavid · Jan 7, 2004

YOUR FINGERS FREEEEEEEEEEEEEZE when its that cold when trying to take pictures. :0) I was going to the post office and noticed a great sunset so I quickly made a turn and went to a near by park and got some pictures. I missed the best part of the sunset *knew he shoulda left the house earlier* but I got some pics with my new slr film camera and exposed them for 30 seconds, so in a week I may find out what they look like, hehe. Wish my digital did long exposures like that. :0).

vonnagy · Jan 7, 2004

thats what ya get fer livin' in a cooooold country

I am surprised your shutter didn't freeze at that temp!

I just missed a gorgeous sunset yesterday when I forgot to recharge my battery. d'oh! I am sure the shots will be fab, so post them as soon as get em!

GerryDavid · Jan 7, 2004

vonnagy said:
thats what ya get fer livin' in a cooooold country I am surprised your shutter didn't freeze at that temp!

I just missed a gorgeous sunset yesterday when I forgot to recharge my battery. d'oh! I am sure the shots will be fab, so post them as soon as get em!

I need to make myself a headed bubble to walk around in outside in the winter. :0).

I dont think I was outside long enough for a shutter to freeze, I think I was just out for 10 minutes. Although sometimes when I click the button to take a picture, hte camera doesnt always take a picture. Not just outside but inside. maybe its a built in safety thing to make sure what ever it is in the picture is in focus. or some setting that isnt set should be set first.

Jewel · Jan 8, 2004

Observation at 38+C with high humidity - breathing and walking consume all your energy...... it's too hot to take photos right at the moment!

I've got 4 rolls to be developed here from over the past month or so, including my first B&W roll. I've done some (for me) highly experimental things. One day I'll get them printed. Really.

Cheers all
Jewel

GerryDavid · Jan 8, 2004

Jewel said:
Observation at 38+C with high humidity - breathing and walking consume all your energy...... it's too hot to take photos right at the moment!

I've got 4 rolls to be developed here from over the past month or so, including my first B&W roll. I've done some (for me) highly experimental things. One day I'll get them printed. Really.

Cheers all
Jewel

Tobad we coudlnt exchange some weather and have the 2 average out to 5.5C. It would still be a bit on the cold side but at least wed both be able to take pictures, hehe. Then again Id imagine there would be a ton of fog generated and prob woudlnt be good for the global enviroment. :0).

pucci · Jan 8, 2004

it was snowing here a couple nights ago and im pretty sure i got some very cool b/w pics but i had to keep going inside to wait for my camera to de-fog !! haha. i hope the one of the snow plow zooming by turned out.

GerryDavid · Jan 12, 2004

Well I got the pictures back, and most of them are junkers. :0) With my digital, I dont have any problem with white ballance in manual, so thats prob why I didnt think about it with the manual,the pictures came out yellow over all, at least I think the yellow is from white ballance. I could perhaps modify them in ps.

And the Sunset ones, thier not all that good, Ill post them here when I get them scanned.

GerryDavid · Jan 14, 2004

Ahh, the -26.6F would be nice right now. It now feels like -39F or something like that outside. Would be cool to do some experiments and take pictures with it. I bet if I had a water gun the water would freeze before it hit the ground. :0).

GerryDavid · Jan 25, 2004

I thought I would post 5 of the pictures. :0).

double exposure

extended exposure to get the sparkling snow, picked up the yellowness of the street light, even though the human eye doesnt see it as yellow.

extended exposure, not sure what the stuff on either side is.

I meant to take a double exposure but the camera wasnt set for it this time, so this is what I got. :0). Not sure if it was extended or not.

Darfion · Jan 25, 2004

Looks like we're in for some of the cold stuff. According to the latest forecasts, we are due (no.not that Dew) some of the white stuff this week with temps' plummeting to -14. And i know for sure my car battery will fail me yet again

GerryDavid · Jan 25, 2004

Darfion said:
Looks like we're in for some of the cold stuff. According to the latest forecasts, we are due (no.not that Dew) some of the white stuff this week with temps' plummeting to -14. And i know for sure my car battery will fail me yet again

Hehe, speaking of that, my car woudlnt start this morning. First time this has happend for me cuz of the cold weather. So much for going to Church this morning. :0) But I did get to clean my room and even vaccum it. :0).

Geronimo · Jan 25, 2004

When I was out shooting in -30F cold, I found that either keeping the camera out while I moved around a small area seemed to keep the lens from fogging up. Instead of placing the camera in a bag or pack for short periods of time. The biggest problem I had was keeping from breathing on the camera. I would forget to send my breath away from the camera, and the viewfinder would fog up.

As for my hands and such, I am use to it. They say after -40F you cant feel any difference in the weather so I figured I was close enough. :lol:

TwistMyArm · Jan 25, 2004

Gerry,
The best thing to do is to go check out a sporting good store that sells snowboarding gear. The trend in snowboard mitts nowadays seems to be the glove-inside-a-mitt design. I was out shooting yesterday and it must have been -20C plus a wind chill that made it close to -30. When I was taking pictures I pulled the outer mitt off and shot with the gloves. My gloves allow for plenty of dexterity in the fingers so I can use all the camera controls perfectly.

Something like this would be good http://www.burton.com/Burton/gear/products.asp?productID=416 (I'm pretty sure this has the detachable liner glove), but Burton tends to be pretty pricey and imho overrated.
I like NFA, but I'm not sure if they make a Mitt with a detachable inner glove and the last time I looked at the NFA site they had sweet bugger all listed.
Columbia has an off-shoot company that's called Convert, which tends to be less expensive and can be found at retail chains like Sports Check. I have a pair of Convert mitts.

Geronimo · Jan 25, 2004

TwistMyArm said:
Gerry,
The best thing to do is to go check out a sporting good store that sells snowboarding gear. The trend in snowboard mitts nowadays seems to be the glove-inside-a-mitt design. I was out shooting yesterday and it must have been -20C plus a wind chill that made it close to -30. When I was taking pictures I pulled the outer mitt off and shot with the gloves. My gloves allow for plenty of dexterity in the fingers so I can use all the camera controls perfectly.

Something like this would be good http://www.burton.com/Burton/gear/products.asp?productID=416 (I'm pretty sure this has the detachable liner glove), but Burton tends to be pretty pricey and imho overrated.
I like NFA, but I'm not sure if they make a Mitt with a detachable inner glove and the last time I looked at the NFA site they had sweet bugger all listed.
Columbia has an off-shoot company that's called Convert, which tends to be less expensive and can be found at retail chains like Sports Check. I have a pair of Convert mitts.

You know with this Eskimo blood I have in me, I dont really lose dexterity in the cold. Sure my hands get cold I just am able to function it is it as normal temp outside. I do bring gloves along of course but they are mainly for when I am not shooting, just walking around or what not.

TwistMyArm · Jan 25, 2004

I wonder if it is genetics or just growing accustom to the weather.

I know that there's a prof out of Winnipeg who's been studying the effects of cold weather on people and he spends a lot of time up in the NWTs with Inuit. I was watching a video with him standing outside along side a local man and they were seeing how long each of them could stand the -40 temperatures on their bare hands. The prof ran inside after about two minutes, but the local man stood for about 10 to 15 before he headed inside. I'm not sure what the results of the study were...I just found it amusing :wink: