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[pct-l] Digital Camera and Cold Weather



Well, I just got back from a bit of skiing, with temps between 0 and 20 the
whole time (with a windchill of 10 degrees or so).  Both my Canon Digital
Elph SD10 and Canon Digital Rebel functioned properly at those temps.  The
Elph I definitely used on the 0 degree day, and the Rebel was out on a 15-20
degree day.  The cameras work slightly slower than normal (which is normal
for most electronics running at those temps, i.e. you can actually see a
delay in LCD updating and etc), but otherwise they were fine.

The only glitch is when moving your camera quickly between two extremes.
When taking it from a warm house out into the cold, or vice versa, moisture
can develop on the lenses and etc (just like what happens to glasses, which
generally only happens I notice going from cold to hot).  

Friends of mine had other digitals out there, another Canon, an Olympus, and
I don't recall what the other was.  All theirs appeared to work properly as
well.

Daniel