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Jan 9, 2018 17:21:13   #
b roll wanabee
 
Just wanted to check if that was a canon 5d mark ii?
I have babies mine and after your post I'm thinking of taking more risks with it
Glad to hear it can handle cold

What about leaving it in a car? During extreme cold or hot. Of course covered and not exposed to sun

It would seem like a terrible idea but perhaps it won't hurt the camera or 24-105 l lense.

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Jan 9, 2018 17:34:39   #
tdekany Loc: Oregon
 
b roll wanabee wrote:
Just wanted to check if that was a canon 5d mark ii?
I have babies mine and after your post I'm thinking of taking more risks with it
Glad to hear it can handle cold

What about leaving it in a car? During extreme cold or hot. Of course covered and not exposed to sun

It would seem like a terrible idea but perhaps it won't hurt the camera or 24-105 l lense.


I always have my cameras with me, but if I were to leave the bag in the car, the temps wouldn’t be the reason why I may worry.

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Jan 9, 2018 18:01:43   #
happy sailor Loc: Ontario, Canada
 
b roll wanabee wrote:
Just wanted to check if that was a canon 5d mark ii?
I have babies mine and after your post I'm thinking of taking more risks with it
Glad to hear it can handle cold

What about leaving it in a car? During extreme cold or hot. Of course covered and not exposed to sun

It would seem like a terrible idea but perhaps it won't hurt the camera or 24-105 l lense.


Mine is the Canon 6d, the weather sealing on the 5d mk III is supposed to be more rugged. I think nothing of leaving it in the trunk for days on end in the cold, I only take the batteries in the house to keep them warm and charge them.

Usually when the camera comes in from the cold I put it in a sealed plastic bag first and then the moisture in the warm inside air condenses on the plastic bag and not the camera. Let the whole bag and camera come to room temperature and then you are good to go.

Hope this helps.

Hot car, I would bring the camera inside.

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Jan 24, 2018 00:24:40   #
wj cody Loc: springfield illinois
 
true and this can include mount washington at neg 90 degrees - with a nikon f as it has no battery.

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Jan 25, 2018 07:33:31   #
Jim Bob
 
BebuLamar wrote:
My standard is if it's not cold enough to kill me, it's not cold enough to kill my camera.


I likes dat!

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Jan 25, 2018 15:00:13   #
Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)
 
happy sailor wrote:
I have seen a number of posts over the last month about people wanting to know if their cameras can be operated in the freezing winter temperatures. For the past five days I was at a ski resort here in Ontario, Canada with a couple of our kids and grandchildren. The temperatures all week in the daytime ranged from -15 to -24 C and with wind chill it felt like -22 to -35C. For quick reference 0 F is -18 C and at -40 both temperature scales are the same VFC (very freakin cold).

I used my Canon 6d with either a Canon 24-105 or a Sigma 150-500 on different occasions throughout the week. Yesterday was the worst of the weather and the ski runs were shut down at 4pm as the wind chills at that time were hitting -40 to -45C. Luckily we had left two hours before that. It was snowing and blowing all day, my camera ended up covered in snow and frost on the LCD screen from me exhaling while using the viewfinder. I stayed out there for about an hour, shot stills and a few minutes of video.

The camera worked flawlessly, the lenses had no trouble with auto focus. The pictures were good (of course!!! they had my grandchildren in them, lol). I did not take a plastic bag out with me to put the camera in before coming back inside so I did have a lot of condensation form on the camera and lens coming back in to the warm chalet. I wiped off the excess and then just let the camera come to room temperature. All is good.

Canon website says the operating range for the camera is 32-104°F/0-40°C. I think that is being really conservative.

I think one time on the hog here MT Shooter posted a picture of a camera with ice hanging off of it in the real cold but can't remember for sure.

Anyway the point of this is go a head put some warm clothes on and go out and shoot.

Home today and it is -29 this morning, March and Florida can't come soon enough.
I have seen a number of posts over the last month ... (show quote)


I've used my Nikon gear at 0°F without a hiccup. I used to shoot ski competitions, and often find myself shooting eagles in that weather. The only real issue I've had is battery life. I suppose that the LCD can freeze, but I've never had that happen.

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