Can someone share their experience how to protect or faced with their DSLR and lens during their travel at winter country? Ur Opinion n knowledge is highly appreciated ThanksYou

This post has been edited by kevinyong84: Dec 15 2007, 08:39 PM

i know one of my mad friend compmac has been shooting in cold wheather condition now in UK...but his Olympus E-510 is not wheatherseal..but what the heck..so far his gear is still alive...

It's most important to "settle" your gears to the environment temperature. If you kept your gears in a heated environment and wanna shoot outside in the freezing cold, let your gears cool down in your bag. Let the whole bag cool down before taking out your gears and vice versa.

This is to avoid condensation and fogging of the gears as well as having those condensation frozen inside your gears.

I've been using my E-510 in between 5C to -2C in winter time in UK now. Look at my pictures posted in the LYN gallery on my signature. No problems whatsoever. Furthermore, my camera is still under international warranty so I have no worries.

Just avoid having condensation and it being frozen and you will do fine with winter shots. Good luck!

ur batts will drain faster in cold weather, so keep more spare or keep the batt warm.

body & lenses usually have no problem unless the temp suddenly change from extreme cold to extreme hot or vice versa.

You might want to get also good gloves that permit, especially, the mobility of your right hand's thumb and forefinger. Otherwise you'll fumble all over your buttons and get all sort of wrong settings, especially if you're using small bodies like the 350,400D or D40.

I don't know about winter wear but what I wore for late autumn in Washington State and Oregon last month was a pair of mittens that you could fold back to reveal just your thumb and forefinger. My other 3 fingers (middle, ring, and little fingers) still stay warm inside the mitten and I can hold the camera's grip properly. I was using the E-510 back then.

Initially I followed a tip from another experienced photographer where I used gloves that I had cut a slit at the point of my first joints of the forefinger and thumb so I could fold back the glove finger tips. Although it gave me the digital dexterity I wanted, its material is so crap both of my hands' fingers' joints ached from the cold it really distracted me from taking photos. That's when I swore I'd just get genuine Thinsulate or branded stuff, and I got the aforementioned mittens. They look like this but it's not woolen:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/109/2764586...fcd1181.jpg?v=0

Avoid woolen gloves because the wool can come loose and end up on gear. Maybe even generate static and cause havoc with electronics.

You could consider LowePro's gloves but have read owner comments that they aren't really suitable for sub-zero winter temperatures but otherwise give you very good handling of a camera.

The other alternative to good gloves is to just leave your hands in the pockets of your jacket... but if you'd like to respond fast by always having a hand on the camera, get good gloves.

OK, so that's my 2 cents about equipping the hands that care and operate the camera.

This post has been edited by cjtune: Dec 16 2007, 12:04 AM

usually in cold places... u can easily find batteries types... and it sell in a slightly cheap price... keep battery warm is a way la... but how long we can keep ... i suggest in the cold period ... do hav backup and makesure backup is fully charge!

Ok ~ em.... let me get right of what r u saying..... so when i leave from the hotel i should not take out the camera straight away n should let it reach its room temperature inside then only i take it out. Is that correct ? How about the other way round ? from cold place to warm place. doing the same thing as well ? what can i do if the lens really get condensation ?
wow... this one really never come thru my mind.. always thinking of condensation only... ! thanks !!

When you leave the hotel, put all your gears in the bag and bring it out. Let the bag settle to outside temperature then only start using. After using, put the gears in the bag then only bring back to hotel and let it settle to hotel room temperature.

Lens condensation is nasty as it will leave water mark on the lens element. Need to clean it.

If inner elements... cannot even reach inside to clean it.

oic..... k k ~ now i know what to do dy ~~ thanks for all of the experiance shared here ! if remember anything post here again ya haha