Shooting sub zero

I remember years ago, Pop Photo had an article about a wildlife photographer shooting snow monkeys in the north islands of Japan. The Nikkormat EL had just come out, and many togs, including him, decried the short battery life of the camera in the cold, and so recommended using non battery dependent cameras.

Fast forward to today-the last time I did some sub zero shooting, the battery outlasted me (I had a spare in my pocket ready to do the back and forth swap, but never used it). It is truly remarkable how far we have come with battery life in cameras, compared to the early all automatic slr days of 1973

I was shooting when it was about 10 degrees and then brought the camera into a greenhouse that was 80 degrees. Luckily, the 24-70 was weather sealed and I kept the condensation out of the mirror box, but my 5D and the lens were "sweating" pretty badly for about 10 minutes. Now I use a large plastic air-tight bag.

anscochrome wrote in post #11508969
It is truly remarkable how far we have come with battery life in cameras, compared to the early all automatic slr days of 1973

especially when you consider that our cameras are completely electric, while the models back then were mainly mechanic, the battery was only good for the light meter... even if the battery ran dead it was only a matter of guessing the correct exposure.