effects on camera while camping..

[felix21685]

hey guys,

didnt think it would be a problem but im going camping and want to take my camera with me.

it should get colder than low 40's high 30's at night..

do you guys somehow warm up your cameras before using htem in cold temps?

i realize the battery wont last as long etc..
but is there any other danger while being outdoors while camping etc?

moisture? anything?

thanks alot

[pjd83]

I wouldn't have thought there may be a problem,

Most Canon Cameras seem to be able to tolerate a large range of temperature and humidity.

One thing for sure, the batteries won't last long.

[pjd83]

DRebel can operate in a temperature range of 0 - 40 degrees Celcius (32 - 104 F)

And a humidity of 85% or lower.

[badrotation]

Lets just say last winter I was out shooting with the 20D at night, in single digit, to sub-zero temps with no problem at all, and was getting about 700 shots per charge without flash.

Nice thing about the cold as well, is VERY VERY VERY low noise, even at high ISO's.........

[Jackal]

And a humidity of 85% or lower.

Hold on a second here....

Down here in Florida it's alot higher than that most of the time. D:

[pjd83]

Hold on a second here....

Down here in Florida it's alot higher than that most of the time. D:

Well, thats taken from the Specifications from the back of my DRebel Manual.

[felix21685]

what also helps with batteries is if used in cold conditions is put them in your pocket before use
MAKE SURE the contacts on the battery are not able to touch anything !!
so..NO CAR KEYS in your pockets otherwise you might get a case of hot pants :)

[Tdragone]

The last time i went camping in the winter; I put each battery in a sock of it's own and just left them in the bottom of my sleeping bag all night.


With a mummy bag rated to -10 F; I didn't see ANY drop in battery life. It was in the 50's during the day.

My .02

-Tom D.

[Thenethiel]

I used my DRebel at a tempurature where I got annoyed because the grease on my telescope tracking motor froze and it coulnd't track, but the camera worked fine. low 40's / high 30's is pretty warm by my standards:p

[ScottE]

DRebel can operate in a temperature range of 0 - 40 degrees Celcius (32 - 104 F)

And a humidity of 85% or lower.

That's what the manual says, but I have shot my D60 and 20D at temperatures as low as -20 Celcius or lower with no problems other than a failed Lexar CF card. Sandisk Extreme cards and microdrives worked just fine. Battery life is reduced, but I just kept a few spare batteries in an inside pocket.

I am also skeptical of the humidity limit. I have shot both cameras when it was raining out so humidity must have been close to 100%. I put plastic over the camera and lens body to keep rain and snow off. Again, no problems.

There is no way I would worry about warm temperatures like the plus 30's and 40's on the Farenheit scale. I doubt I would even go to much effort to keep my spare batteries warm.

Scott

[robertwgross]

I've camped out a lot with my D60 and with my 20D. In the winter, if the human can tolerate the cold temperatures, then the camera can also. However, I tend to keep my camera around my neck and within my outer jacket shell. For overnight, it goes in the bottom of my sleeping bag if it is really cold. Otherwise, I wrap a jacket around it and call that my pillow. Anytime the weather is above freezing, I am even less concerned. Keep one battery in the camera and at least one spare battery in your pants pocket.

---Bob Gross---

[PhotosGuy]

do you guys somehow warm up your cameras before using htem in cold temps? No, but I'd carry a plastic bag to put it into before I carried it inside to avoid condensation on & in, it.

[minicooper]

My 10D and equipment took a massive battering last year in the California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah desert last year, two weeks of sleeping outside on the desert floor on freezing nights and then trekking during the day in boiling temps.. camera never skipped a beat. Had early starts so it warmed itself up naturally with the sun. I had to take about 8 fully charged batteries with me and was v surprised that although I took about 1000 pics through the whole trip, I only went through about 5 of of the batts, and they weren't even official Canon.