Use the camera in cold weather
Whether you regard the idea of ??a good time this winter in the winter wonderland of ice fishing, or snow walking, a simple walk through the snow, there will be a lot of good shooting opportunities. You have to do is go out and take the right steps.
We received a letter that, how to take proper steps to protect the camera in cold weather, often make people feel confused.
Recently we received a letter from Ontario, Canada photographer EMAIL, is a typical example: “I am very pleased to be able to travel, but there is a small problem, here is how to guarantee the cold season of my masterpiece camera will not frozen and if I put the camera wrapped in his arms, then I should wrap it in plastic bags (I’ve heard elsewhere) to prevent fogging? you have any good suggestions? ”
Here to talk about cold weather, the camera uses some of the basic recommendations. Many of cold weather problems shot is they do not have the correct procedures. Why?
There are three different situations:
1, when you warm and comfortable room or from the car, remove the camera into the cold outdoors, how to deal with.
2, when you shoot outdoors in the cold should be how to do.
3, when you finally took the camera back to the warm and comfortable room or car, what should we do.
Good first said that when you take the SONY np-f10 battery camera to the warm outdoors, you should do? Are you worried about water vapor from the air in the freezing cold to warm the surface of the lens or film, and electronic components? In fact, this worry is unnecessary. Cold air is not a lot of water vapor. When you get into the cold outdoors, almost no gas freezing fog phenomenon. (As we will discuss it, when you return indoors, this major problem.)
In this way, then enter the main problem is outside what? The main problem is the loss of battery power!
Battery
Battery power generated physical and chemical methods will be lost at low temperatures failed. Especially in today, all rely on battery-powered automatic camera, it is a serious problem. In this way, when you take the camera and flash into the cold temperature environment, you estimated that the loss of battery power. How should you respond? First of all, should allow the camera and flash (and their batteries) as the insulation, especially in the outdoors. Try to put them close to where the body, such as your coat. In addition to short-term pictures, try to maintain their body temperature to the temperature. In addition to holding your camera, you can also make the mechanical shutter because oil is frozen and unable to work may be greatly reduced. Secondly, taking into account the loss of battery power in the cold. How should you prepare? First, when they go out, be as much as possible with some spare batteries. And, also as close as possible to save the body, for example, on your body temperature will help to absorb the shirt pocket. Thus, if your camera or flash when the battery began to fail, you can promptly replace the new battery warm.
Well now you have outside, and in the cold to be outside what other did that? Your goal is keep the warmth of the camera and flash. For example, let’s say you still Hou distant hills of wild animals there. Placed up your tripod, but if possible, or put the camera on the arms, until you’re ready to shoot. In this case, the use of quick head is very convenient. When you see your subject when the camera can be quickly and accurately on a tripod. A cold tripod can continue to work, but a cold camera most likely did not work.
We note that those very power-hungry digital camera, outside in the cold weather very quickly, often sudden failure. No other way, only to prepare more batteries. In conclusion, if you find that your battery fails, you must have a backup battery warm.
Static electricity
What other problem (frozen fingers and nose) to the photographer in the cold even more frustrated? Static. If you live anywhere in the north, will certainly run into this problem all winter – if you walk on the carpet, when you shake hands or touch the door, will be shock. Electrostatic problem, only when there is dry. And, because cold air can not retain water vapor, so the cold weather means dry. So when you use your camera outdoors in the cold, when you install the volume (which you walk on the carpet is the same) and they will have accumulated the risk of static electricity, and, when static electricity strong enough, it may be in sparks inside your camera, photographic film dates to produce fog. Of course, this is rare, but it does happen. We have seen and experienced photo is wasted. In cold weather how this situation may reduce to a minimum? Carefully loaded film. With a manual camera, slowly over film. Automatic camera, to avoid shooting.
Outdoor shooting most important thing is do not chilled themselves, to wear layers. Find a good dual boots. With a thermos of hot soup. (Coffee and alcohol for maintaining body temperature is not obvious). And if really cold, consider some of the HP Pavilion dv4 adapter accessories, like hands and feet to give skiers use chemical heating plastic bag, and even electric heating insole. You need thick gloves, but when the camera by pressing a small button, when it will be very inconvenient. So you need to separate the fingers of the gloves, so you can use your individual fingers briefly.
Shooting in the snow
When shooting in the snow can say something? If only the snow, in addition to taking pictures, the camera has been stuck in the arms can be. In the long ago, we hit the outside in the snow storm in a few seconds of camera time, surrounded by great, full of wet snow. This case of snow, will damage the exposed parts of the SLR cameras, especially the highly electronic cameras. Water vapor can damage the control circuit camera features important, especially for digital cameras.
We advise that when this happens, unless there are special devices to protect water, do not use your camera. Here are some of divers accessories, you can put the camera into a sealed plastic container. Through the transparent lens of optical glass filter film, the camera protected by plastic containers, to protect the lens by the filter. These accessories not only can we dive for the storm is quite appropriate.
Other similar, waterproof snow can “fool the camera” or a dedicated waterproof camera. As long as the light is not too weak, the latest Kodak and Fuji film 800 degrees, should be able to shoot. Whether you use a waterproof cover or a waterproof camera, make sure the snow did not hinder the lens or the imaging of small droplets. If necessary, wipe the lens with a lens cloth. We generally use the old cotton clothes, or fiber lens cleaning cloth. If these measures, then you shoot outdoors in all kinds of pictures should not be a problem.
Solidification
Now is the time back to the room, here is the condensation of the problem areas. In the hot summer, you certainly have seen a cup of cold water vapor in the glass surface of the solidified droplets. By the same token, when you take the camera into the room, warm indoor air from water vapor in the camera lens and the film solidified on the cold surface. Lens is completely covered with water droplets, as well as film and mechanical, circuit, camera’s internal parts. You do not need to water vapor – water! In your camera, or camera inside. How can you avoid this problem? Let your camera slowly heating up. The camera in the window, or put a lower temperature of the hall for two hours, it slowly increased to room temperature. You can even more protection to the camera. It is recommended to use plastic wrap cold camera view of the source. Isolated from the water vapor out of the bag over the surface and solidified inside the camera is much better. This is to protect sophisticated electrical components ways. In fact, if we can stay in the camera bag, cast out is the best.
Take these simple precautions, you can enjoy the outdoors in the cold shooting. Cold weather brings a thorough sky, providing a special opportunity to capture beautiful scenery. Do not be intimidated by the low temperature close to the Arctic Circle. Point to wear clothes appropriate to accept this little proposal, brains – and then do it!
I add that personal experience – in the outdoor rain snow, there is no professional equipment in the case, I protect the camera with a plastic disposable shower caps (many hotels offer the kind), put the body into the shower cap, lens side exposed installed hood. Then open a plastic bag, set in the hood, ha ha, a simple anti-rain and snow protection is complete. Also, my friend in cold regions into the interior of the camera a good way is to prepare a picnic ice pack (with some special materials, bags, insulation capacity is relatively strong, the general outdoor stores are selling, inexpensive ). Entered the room before the ice directly into the camera, the lens body to deal with condensation, the effect is very good.
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