Cold weather and camera (Page 3): The item that has worked well for me is a Iglo insulated bag when shooting BIF in the winter. WJH...

williejoha

The item that has worked well for me is a Iglo insulated bag when shooting BIF in the winter.
WJH

Photolady2014 Loc: Southwest Colorado

catterar wrote:

I haven't tried this, but you could keep the camera in a small cooler. Take the cooler out of the car, open it, shoot. Put the camera back in the cooler before you get back in the car. Don't know if this will work anyone else ever tried this?

I think I will be doing a combo as I will probably be in and out of the car many times and probably for some time each time and the camera will get cold. I’m thinking huge zip lock bag and a cooler. Plus keeping the car as cool as possible. Yellowstone is cold!

photoman43

Another vote for PhotoLady's recommendations.

If those will not work for your circumstances, consider something like like this waterproof dry sack. Get it long enough to cover your lens with hood and camera so it is ready to use in an instant.

https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/49804?page=sea-to-summit-lightweight-dry-sack&csp=a&feat=Stuff%20Sack-search_page.recsbottom

To prevent my long lens and camera from bouncing onto the floor of the vehicle, you can attach it with a sling strap with a quick release clamp to the back of the seat next to you. This is my practice when I drive with my 500mm and camera next to me.

Something like this:

https://www.kirkphoto.com/kirk-security-strap.html

In humid conditions in Texas, where the inside of the vehicle has AC, and the outside air is very humid, many of us use an "air and waterproof" case for our long lens and camera. The cheapest one that might work for you is a inexpensive cooler made of styrofoam. Put your camera and lens in it when traveling in a vehicle with AC. This is also needed when the weather is cooler but the ambient air is very humid, like many days in fall and winter in parts of Texas.

MarkSki

I may be wrong, but I think that Yellowstone is closed to auto traffic in the winter. It’s open to snowmobile and snow coach tours, though.

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

Photolady2014 wrote:

Ok, thank you for suggestions to not fog. BUT what do you do when you are in and out of a warm car many times a day and your SUV does not have a cold trunk? I get keeping it cold, but how?

A Yoti or equivalent cooler. Sounds silly (?) but it works. I have an SUV, the cooler is stored in the garage at ambient temp, just low enough.

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

Photolady2014 wrote:

Ok, I’m heading to Yellowstone this winter and was wondering how to keep the camera and lens from fogging up when I’m in and out of a warm car? I know I should keep as much of a constant temperature as possible. I’m sure my husband will not appreciate the idea of no heat in the car... it is quite cold in Yellowstone.. so do you like wrap it up in a blanket before getting back in or what? We have a Jeep so no trunk.. Thanks for any suggestions!

I take along a small beverage cooler ( Igloo ) and leave it open at ambient temperatures until I depart. I put the camera inside it and close the insulated lid and job over. Keeping the batteries separate as Chg_Canon suggests is a great idea in addition to this often-over-looked scenario. Make sure the cooler is dry inside BTW before placing your baby in there......

ORpilot Loc: Prineville, Or

Batteries in your pants pocket, not your outside jacket pocket. A small cooler will keep your camera cold. Be careful about breathing around your camera. Your breath can fog up the lens and worst of all is when vapor from your eye foges the view finder. Enjoy the Snow.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

MT Shooter wrote:

Well you have lots of worthless answers so far. br... (show quote)

MT....I know you wouldn't want to advertise overtly, but will you be taking any groups into Yellowstone during this time frame? Perhaps the OP would want to join you.

clint f. Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa

MarkSki wrote:

I may be wrong, but I think that Yellowstone is closed to auto traffic in the winter. It’s open to snowmobile and snow coach tours, though.

My understanding is the road to Cooke City is the only auto route open. To my way of thinking the gysers are the best part of the park in winter. That area is accessible via snow coach or snowmobile. Snowmobiled are restricted to main roads, but you can ski or snowshoe off the highways. Spent a week camping out in Feb. 1974. I can’t figure out how we survived. Temps in the -15 range at night. Equipment that would be called primitive by today’s standards. The good was lots of wildlife and when the sun shines it seems downright pleasant. Shirt sleeve weather at 0 degrees. Someone correct me if I’m wrong but Old Faithful Lodge is open year round and accessible by snow coach.

dwmoar Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley

How about getting a small ice chest just to keep the camera in and maybe keep a few ice pack inside with it as to keep it cool. Seems to me to be more of a reasonable solution then driving around with no heat in your vehicle.

Shland

I have lived in Wyoming for 40 years and had a home in Jackson Hole for over 30 years. Yellowstone is closed to vehicular traffic all winter. Travel is done by personal or rented snow machines or you come in by snow coach. There are places to stay in the park altho when we went a number of years ago, it was in the summer employee housing. If you are staying outside the park, I have taken hundreds of wildlife photos from a heated car and never had a problem. quote=Photolady2014]Ok, I’m heading to Yellowstone this winter and was wondering how to keep the camera and lens from fogging up when I’m in and out of a warm car? I know I should keep as much of a constant temperature as possible. I’m sure my husband will not appreciate the idea of no heat in the car... it is quite cold in Yellowstone.. so do you like wrap it up in a blanket before getting back in or what? We have a Jeep so no trunk.. Thanks for any suggestions![/quote]

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

davidrb wrote:

Stay out of warm cars! Are you a photographer or ... (show quote)

With regard to cold weather clothing. A good ski shop is the single best place to find good and comfortable cold weather outfits.

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

Photolady2014 wrote:

Ok, I’m heading to Yellowstone this winter and was wondering how to keep the camera and lens from fogging up when I’m in and out of a warm car? I know I should keep as much of a constant temperature as possible. I’m sure my husband will not appreciate the idea of no heat in the car... it is quite cold in Yellowstone.. so do you like wrap it up in a blanket before getting back in or what? We have a Jeep so no trunk.. Thanks for any suggestions!

I am no winter photography expert, but perhaps you might find one of the following URLs useful:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-and-solutions/infographic-essential-tips-for-cold-weather-photography

https://singularityhub.com/2019/11/07/why-medicine-needs-a-new-hippocratic-oath-and-what-it-should-be/

https://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/winter-snow-photography-12-tips/
https://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/winter-landscape-photography-7-tips/
https://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/photography-tips-for-icy-streams-rain-icicles-and-snowflakes/

rlynes Loc: Wisconsin

Roads to Gardiner and Cooke City, and the north loop road between them, will be open.

We stay at the 406 Lodge in Gardiner.

I use the insulated bag plus cooler approach and keep my camera bodies and lenses cold. Never had any troubles.

PierreD

Photolady2014 wrote:

Ok, I’m heading to Yellowstone this winter and was wondering how to keep the camera and lens from fogging up when I’m in and out of a warm car? I know I should keep as much of a constant temperature as possible. I’m sure my husband will not appreciate the idea of no heat in the car... it is quite cold in Yellowstone.. so do you like wrap it up in a blanket before getting back in or what? We have a Jeep so no trunk.. Thanks for any suggestions!

Any problem with carrying an insulated cold box in which you place the camera while driving around? This way, the camera stays cold while you can turn the heat on in the jeep.